Summer Update
Just got back to Seoul from a 5 day trip to Tokyo, and now I have two days to pack up and move to Sweden for graduate school. I’ll be doing the Masters in Applied Cultural Analysis at Lund University and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. I’m looking forward to meeting new people and...
2010 World Barista Championship
If you’re a coffee geek living here in Korea and want to watch the 2010 World Barista Championship (WBC) streaming live online from London, here’s a little time table converted for local Korean time to help you figure out the schedule. WATCH IT LIVE – CLICK HERE! Wednesday June 23 5:30PM – 2:00AM – Round...
Seoul Grand Hyatt & Guerilla Brewing Tactics
Our friends Seung Jin and Diane are blogging their way through a gastronomic exploration of Seoul’s culinary landscape, which led Claire and me to a nice Sunday brunch at the Grand Hyatt last weekend. The food and setting was very nice, and perhaps it was just the company influencing my perception, but I’d say the...
Black Cat Espresso
I got a ton of Intelligentsia’s Black Cat espresso in the mail, so I took a bag to my friend’s cafe to play around with. They only have one grinder so I didn’t have much time to play with the grind, but I did have one of my hand mills with me (a Kalita with...
Too Much Coffee…
…makes people do strange things. I like this video, just saw it on Youtube.
CBTL in Korean
Around Insadong and Gyeongbokgung there is a law mandating that signage must use the Korean language. Here’s what “The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf” looks like spelled out phonetically in Korean.
Latte Art Practice
I’ve been trying to get latte art down for quite a while now, but it’s been pretty hard learning from books and Youtube videos. I finally got some feedback while visiting Republic of Coffee yesterday, everyone there is really nice and I appreciate their patience with my poor Korean skills! You can see my feeble...
15 Things Worth Knowing about Coffee
Infotainment from TheOatmeal.com, click to see all 15. I’m a bit late posting this but I like it!
Republic of Coffee
Earlier this week I had a chance to visit 2009 Korean Barista Champion Lee Jong Hoon’s workshop in the north east area of Seoul. My coworkers from the middle school I teach at here in Korea actually made the reservation. I guess the coffee I make for the office every day has brought them over...
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...
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!
An LA Christmas
Claire and I will be heading to Los Angeles for Christmas and New Years! We’re looking forward to kicking it with some old friends and spending some quality time with the family. One week is hardly enough time to do everything and see everybody, but it’s better than nothing. I personally can’t wait to order...
