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Monthly archive January, 2010

Cafe DeBibes

Spotted this coming out of exit six at Gyeongbokgung station. The Korean text says “Illy Cafe” but this cafe is also branded with the name ‘Cafe DeBibes’ (pronounced Bee-Bays in the Korean text). I tried an espresso here thinking it might be good, but there were a lot of fines in the cup and it...

9일간의 LA여행기 Part One: LAMILL

2009년 연말을 Aaron의 가족들과 함께 보내려고 LA에 다녀왔어요.(처음 만나는 자리라 부모님 만나기 전에는 어찌나 긴장을 했는지…친 딸처럼 대해주시는 부모님을 만나고 나서는 편안해졌지만..헤헤)  열흘이라는 짧은시간 덕택에 (488불짜리 속도위반 딱지를 끊기에는 충분한 시간이었지만… 메리 크리스마스다 이 경찰관 아저씨야!) ‘내가 좋아하는 모든 카페에 널 데리고 갈테야’ 라던 Aaron의 말은 안드로메다로 가버렸지만 그 중 세군데 정도는 들를 수 있었어요. 첫번째로 실버레이크에 있는 라밀, 그리고...

9 Days in LA Part One: LAMILL

Despite ambitious plans to hit a different cafe on each day of our Christmas trip to LA, it turns out that there’s more to life than coffee(!). Visiting your home town for nine days is really not enough time to see everyone and do everything, though it was enough time to get a $446 speeding...

Brewmethods.com

“Brew Methods is designed with one thing in mind: To provide anyone and everyone with access to the best coffee brewing guides in the entire universe.” Want your coffee to taste better? Have a look at brewmethods.com. It’s a nice little resource for novices and curious folk alike. Check it out, you might learn something...

Video: Espresso technique

Nice little video hitting a few points about espresso preparation at Intelligentsia, Venice. A few shots from my visit to Intelligentsia coming soon. Espresso, Intelligentsia from Department of the 4th Dimension on Vimeo.

Beijing Airport

We’re back in Korea, but not before sitting through a mind numbing twelve hour delay at Beijing International, a blizzard that caused 298 cancellations right after we finally took off. Arriving at 5am local time, after a sleepless 12 hour flight that departed at 1am Los Angeles time, I was in dire need of caffeine....

한국어 버전 FRSHGRND, 곧 업데이트 됩니다!!

안녕하세요 =) 저는 Aaron과 이 사이트를 함께 운영하고 있는 Claire입니다. 저희와 저희 웹사이트에 대해 간략히 설명드릴게요. Aaron과 저는 커피를 아주 좋아하는(커피로 만났다고도 할 수 있는?!) 평범한 커플이랍니다. FRSHGRND에서 저희는 세계 곳곳의 카페를 소개하고, 커피에 대한 정보를 공유한답니다. 곧 한국어 버전이 업데이트 될 예정이니, 한국의 커피애호가분들의 많은 관심 부탁드릴게요 =) 감사합니다!