I have been enjoying Rodger’s coffee (and his wonderful pastry selections and soft serve) for about a year now when I wake up on that side of the Bay, but I find myself considering getting in my car and making the trek over the Bay Bridge just for his wonderful caffeine juice when I don’t wake up West Bay. This is problematic.
This shit will blow your mind into a transcendental caffeine rollercoaster log flume Ayahuasca dream world in which Carlos Castaneda makes you rewrite the laws of phyics.”
During the workweek, I usually just drink the black Peet’s at work. It does the trick in a strictly utilitarian way and saves me some $$$, but when I’m not working in the City and I want coffee, I want gooooood coffee a la Rodger’s. Though coffeehouses are plentiful pretty much everywhere in the Bay Area, the only two I know of that do individually prepared cups are Rodger’s and Philz (where Rodger was once involved—there’s a whole history with them). Both in the Mission, they are the #1 and #2 coffees of my life. Rodger’s is slightly ahead, but I may just be geographically biased. The vegan donuts at Philz are pretty damn amazing.
Cut to Christmas, I didn’t really ask for anything specific, but the Ladyfriend did a great thing and grabbed me a Chemex 6-cup percolator and it solves this problem. It’s easy and coffee is amazing in it (for the record, I’m still using Magic Joe™ from Rodger’s to eliminate any weak links, but I bet Folger’s might be pretty good in this thing.) Completely smooth and silky and perfect. So I should be cracked-out for most of 2010. If I talk your ear off about Native California Grasses™ or other such drivel, please forgive me. It’s Chemex’s fault. Nice work, Ladyfriend. Above is the demo of this magical device.
My New Year’s Resolutions Will Not Include Laying Off the Caffeine
Intelligentsia Chemex Brewing Guide from Intelligentsia Coffee on Vimeo.
During the workweek, I usually just drink the black Peet’s at work. It does the trick in a strictly utilitarian way and saves me some $$$, but when I’m not working in the City and I want coffee, I want gooooood coffee a la Rodger’s. Though coffeehouses are plentiful pretty much everywhere in the Bay Area, the only two I know of that do individually prepared cups are Rodger’s and Philz (where Rodger was once involved—there’s a whole history with them). Both in the Mission, they are the #1 and #2 coffees of my life. Rodger’s is slightly ahead, but I may just be geographically biased. The vegan donuts at Philz are pretty damn amazing.
Cut to Christmas, I didn’t really ask for anything specific, but the Ladyfriend did a great thing and grabbed me a Chemex 6-cup percolator and it solves this problem. It’s easy and coffee is amazing in it (for the record, I’m still using Magic Joe™ from Rodger’s to eliminate any weak links, but I bet Folger’s might be pretty good in this thing.) Completely smooth and silky and perfect. So I should be cracked-out for most of 2010. If I talk your ear off about Native California Grasses™ or other such drivel, please forgive me. It’s Chemex’s fault. Nice work, Ladyfriend. Above is the demo of this magical device.