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What's Goin' On
- No future music or dance acts will be booked here due to BMI/ASCAP/SESAC licensing requirements and fees. Musicians - if you want places to play, do something about this.
Aldo's Slideshow Recent Posts
- Central American Season Starts This Week
- About Those Off-Menu Items...
- Little Glass Houses for You and Me
- The NYT on Decaf - It's Getting Better
- First Pittsburgh Coffee Society Cupping Here on Friday 7pm
- Best Coffee Conversation of the Century (so far)
- MARBC/CoffeeFest Recap: How We Spent Our Weekend
- Sonja Out, 2 Pittsburghers in MARBC Finals
- Intelligentsia's Geoff Watts to Speak on Direct Trade in Pittsburgh, March 24
- Farm to Cup: The Slideshow
Recent Comments
- Dave on The NYT on Decaf - It's Getting Better
- Jeen Dee on Again With the Decaf BS
- Amelie on Little Glass Houses for You and Me
- Amelie on Intelligentsia's Geoff Watts to Speak on Direct Trade in Pittsburgh, March 24
- Amelie on Intelligentsia's Geoff Watts to Speak on Direct Trade in Pittsburgh, March 24
- Amelie on MARBC Schedules Released: 9 Baristas From Pittsburgh Area
- rich on PNG Makes Its Return
- Amelie on So We're Competing After All
- Michelle on 6 Large Dark Roasts to Go. And Use These Bottles.
- Rich on Again With the Decaf BS
Coffee How To's
- Chemex Guide (with dancing)
From Jared Truby of Verve (with assist from Chris Baca) - Siphon/Vac Pot
Posts related to vac pot/siphon brewing with videos and detailed instructions from the Barismo boys - Aeropress
Top 3 winning methods from 2009 Aeropress championships. - Turkish Coffee
Many ways to make Kahvesi, but this vid is closest to our method. - Press Pot Brewing
From 2007 WBC Champion James Hoffman - Chemex Brewing
From 2007 WBC Champion James Hoffman
Advancing the Coffee Culture
- Coffee Kids
A charity we support that improves the quality of life for children in coffee-growing regions around the world. - CoffeeGeek
Reviews on gadgetry and techniques for the home brewing enthusiast. - Coffee Review
Connosieur Ken David and friends review and rate various coffees, including offerings served at Aldo Coffee Company from Intelligentsia Cofee Roasters like the fabulous espresso blend Black Cat. - Coffee Research
What do you want to know about coffee? - Portafilter.net
The geekiest of coffee geeks aspire to extract the absolute perfect cup. - Tea Guide
Directory of shops serving quality teas. - Espresso Map
A map that pinpoints the best espresso joints in the US and Canada as determined by the site's author and professional peer reviews. - Barismo
Jamie Van Schyndel and friends dissect anything and everything coffee and tea related from beans and leaves to technique and equipment in pursuit of perfection. - Pittsburgh Area Coffee Association
Jake Liefer of Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea built a blog aggregator and community site for local baristas. - In Season Coffee
No coffee served after its time. - Sweet Maria's
The ultimate source for green coffee for home roasters. Tom's knowledge of coffee is encyclopaedic. - twitchy
Liz Clayton's blog is the ET of coffee. - Intelligentsia LA
Group blog from Intelligentsia's Silver Lake and Venice baristas and roasters. - Accidental Roaster
Adventures of a barista/cafe owner on becoming a coffee roaster.
Heroes & Legends
- Alterra (Milwaukee)
- Blue Bottle (SF)
- Cafe Grumpy (NYC)
- Caffe Artigiano (Vancouver, BC)
- Caffe Vittoria (Boston)
- Espresso Vivace (Seattle)
- George Howell's Terroir (Boston)
- Gimme! Coffee (Ithaca/NYC)
- Intelligentsia (Chicago)
- Joe The Art of Coffee (NYC)
- Murky Coffee (NoVa)
- Ninth St. Espresso (NYC)
- Octane (Atlanta)
- Peets (Berkeley/SF)
- Ritual Coffee (SF)
- Simon's (Boston)
- Stumptown (Portland, OR)
- The Roasterie (Kansas City)
- Zoka (Seattle)
Local Talent
Local Conversation Starters
Press
- Trib: Coffee Canvas
- Pop City: Raising the Bar On Coffee
- P-G: Belle Wins 2008 MARBC
- P-G: Aldo Places Three Finalists in 2007 MARBC
- P-G: Belle's First USBC (2006)
- P-G: Washington Road = Fun for Foodies
- Pittsburgh Magazine: Best Baristas in Pittsburgh
- Road to the Super Cup
- P-G on Our Bicerin
- I Heart PGH Visits Aldo
Muses
- Chris Brogan
Fun guy, busy guy, usually in Pgh for PodCamp. Chris is the best at distilling high-tech social media concepts for use in low-tech businesses. - Seth Godin
There are a lot of big thinkers out there. Seth may not be the biggest, but he's the best at crystallizing big ideas into actionable agendas. - Hugh McLeod
Been following Hugh since the early days of blogs. He called us one of his first global microbrands. We call him a revolutionary genius.
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