Clash of the Coffeehouses
Mar 20th, 2008 by admin
howie Did a great write-up today on www.foodieview.com
Here’s a snippet:
Photo: tiarescott Flickr
We know that the measure of a coffeehouse is not just its coffee (ambiance, food, service, clientele, music, comfiness are all important too). But I, along with my fellow coffee snob friend Michele, have long suspected that coffeehouses in San Diego get their reputation mostly on all these other factors while the coffee is more of an afterthought.
We wanted to put the focus back on the coffee itself in a head-to-head comparison. So we visited the coffeehouses that routinely get on the “Best Coffee” lists (as well as some others with good reputations) to see how they stack up. We visited over a dozen coffee shops, and ordered a latte from each.
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