A Caffeinated Journal
tl;dr: You use the CUPS app to pre-pay into a network of coffee providers at a reduced rate. The savings is highly dependent on the plan you buy, the drinks you favor, and the shops you buy from. The Cups network is not curated-- don't expect every vendor on the list to be an accomplished third-wave outpost.
This is part of an ongoing series of quick interviews with coffee professionals I've run into who were kind enough to participate.
Today's victim is Nate White of West Coast Roasting.
NOTE: I've been deep in the weeds for the past week so I'm behind schedule. That said, let's get it on!
This is part of an ongoing series of quick interviews with coffee professionals I've run into who were kind enough to participate.
Today's victim is Benjamin Zeman of Mocha Joe's Roasting Co.
This is part of an ongoing series of quick interviews with coffee professionals I've run into who were kind enough to participate.
Today's victim is Ryan Curtis, barista at Splash at the Bellevue Club.
La Marzocco just announced a new home espresso machine, the Linea Mini. The MSRP of the Mini is, roughly speaking, $4,500. I'm sure $4,500 is affordable to someone but I feel safe to say that it's not affordable to most people. I don't begrudge La Marzocco-- they think there's a niche at that price-point that they can exploit so they're going at it. More power to them. The problem for me is that there is another niche that nobody wants to exploit at the opposite end of the spectrum: the low cost entry level machine.
