"Fantastic drip" prepared by "masters of the craft" is the "coffee snob's dream" made reality at these satellites of a revered West Coast roaster, whose "superior product" javaphiles insist lives up to the "unreal hype"; patience is in order since the baristas "take their time", but the reward is a "primo" cuppa that's "as fresh as can be."
The craft, science, and fetish that is third wave espresso finds no higher expression than at this outpost of the Bay Area original. The place looks like a mad science lab, but the coffee is truly superb.
Oakland-based coffee company opens up its first shop in New York. Given the fact that their four main locations are all in San Francisco, no one should be surprised to find them settling into Williamsburg. The interior of the place is immense, with a roll-gate that's kept open during warmer weather.
Nor Cal coffee maniacs bring their OCD to the Burg. "Artisan microroasting" is the strategy, with organic beans quick-bagged to prevent oxidation. Then the mad science begins. Five Japanese cold-extraction slow-drip brewers look complex enough to cure cancer, instead provide silky-smooth java jolt to get that blood circulating. Piston-lever espressos, Nel flannel filters for that "brooding,...