If the recent buyouts of Intelligentsia and Stumptown are any indication, the growing popularity of craft coffee shows no signs of slowing down. While single origin pour-overs are now commonplace in many coffeeshops, sometimes when you’re off the beaten path, your morning cup of coffee is harder to perfect. The Sabbatical Travel Kit from Timbuk2 and Blue Bottle is a full-service craft coffee kit with …
Every year the streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn are blocked off and track bikes take over. But this isn’t just a ride where the weekend warrior can show up, it’s the Red Hook Crit and it’s arguably the most prestigious event of its kind. Combining urban bike handling skills with professional cycling levels of fitness, the event is held at night for extra dramatic effect. …
For true coffee lovers, enjoying a well-crafted cup isn’t just a luxury, it’s a daily necessity. Exploring new places near and far sometimes leads us to enlightening coffee discoveries by way of small-town roasters but, more often than not, it results in stale gas station java and chain store cappuccinos. Luckily, the coffee-obsessed crew at San Francisco-based Blue Bottle Coffee teamed up with their neighbors …
