While the legitimacy of these abundant “national” holidays that tend to pop up arbitrarily is definitely in question, we couldn’t pass up tomorrow’s opportunity—National Espresso Day—to pay homage to one of the purest ways to prepare coffee: espresso. The thick, concentrated brew packed into a tiny cup for a bold—not bitter—flavor is the default way to take coffee in Europe but sometimes can be more …
Beans from Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea are so adored that the latter often plays second fiddle and is overlooked despite the tea’s excellent quality. In an effort to showcase and increase awareness of their diverse tea offerings, this past April, Intelligentsia Coffee (with a new shortened name) launched a separate brand called Kilogram Tea, which now hosts all their tea-related products. Longtime Intelligentsia tea-buyer …
When we first wrote about Askinosie Chocolate back in 2008, the young company was on the vanguard of bean-to-bar production. Since then, the direct-source chocolatier has grown into an industry icon and a prime model for responsible food production. The last several months has seen a series of “CollaBARation” bars from Aksinosie, in which they team up with other notable members of the food community …
