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A Ride to Kaffe 1668 for Los Volcanes

July 18, 2010 by Patrick LaForge in Coffee!, New York, Social Media

One July weekend, I had the opportunity to combine two of my favorite activities -- riding my bike through Manhattan and visiting new coffee shops. My family was traveling elsewhere, and New York had not yet fallen into the drippy hot torpor that has marked recent days. I rode down the west side a bit, diverted to to the Hudson River trail, then passed through TriBeCa, Chinatown, SoHo and my old East Village stomping grounds before chugging up the East Side -- a loop of sorts.

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July 18, 2010 /Patrick LaForge
Antigua Los Volcanes, bikes, Clover, Coffee!, cycling, East Village, Facebook, Foursquare, Guatemala, Kaffe 1668, La Columbe Torrefaction, Manhattan, Novo, Plowshares Coffee Roasters, Posterous, SoHo, TriBeCa, Twitter
Coffee!, New York, Social Media
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A Shot of Koke

August 29, 2009 by Patrick LaForge in Coffee!, New York

So I was all ready to write about this espresso a couple of weeks ago, but then I lost Internet service at home for a week. Long story, not very interesting, but it was an inauspicious start with Verizon DSL service. For many years I paid Earthlink for DSL on top of my Verizon phone line, but the phone company finally found the price point that made me switch. Unfortunately, they did something to the line right away that cut off the Earthlink service before sending me the modem. Then there was trouble on the line, yada yada. I said it was boring. On to the coffee, one of three varieties I bought here in New York.

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August 29, 2009 /Patrick LaForge
Barismo, Café Grumpy, Clover, Coffee!, Ethiopia, Wondo Worka, Yerga Cheffe
Coffee!, New York
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