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Beer, ME
Recently, I took a jaunt up to my hometown of Portland, ME. Being that I grew up there as a boy, I never really got the full scope of...
jak00
May 8, 20133 min read


Oak Aged Coffee, Oh My!
This year at the Coffee Fest NYC show I started feeling a like I was going through the motions. It was great to see all my familiar...
jak00
May 1, 20134 min read


Interview: Chris Owens, Roaster of Handsome Coffee
F+B Therapy caught up for an interview with Chris Owens from Handsome Coffee Roasters in Los Angeles. Vintage Probat – damn Handsome....
jak00
Apr 8, 20133 min read


Fresh Cup Files: Interview Jesse Sweeney of Caffe Umbria
The March issue of Fresh Cup Magazine has been published and is available on their website as well as printed form. F+B’s own Jake Leonti...
jak00
Mar 7, 20136 min read


Florida is for Lovers, not coffee drinkers…
Drinking coffee in Florida is like drinking wine in Nevada, necessary but, not the best. The funny part is, a lot of people are drinking...
jak00
Feb 15, 20133 min read


Stop Selling and Start Solving
The public has a bad image of sales people and the idea of sales in general. They are viewed as someone who is trying to lure our money...
jak00
Jan 14, 20133 min read


Port Chester Crawl
Just outside Manhattan between the Bronx and Connecticut lies the under-talked about Port Chester, the “food capitol of Westchester”. A...
jak00
Dec 28, 20122 min read


Hook it up with JavaHook
I am always interested in new businesses, entrepreneurs, and products that find their way into your routine and can no longer be lived...
jak00
Dec 10, 20124 min read


A Call to Arms!
Friends, New Yorkers, Countrymen, lend me your ears. We sit at the feet of one of the most lush, fertile and bountiful lands in all the...
jak00
Oct 6, 20124 min read


River Roasters
The Hudson Valley is home to the Culinary Institute of America, as well as award winning restaurants, numerous renown vineyards &...
jak00
Oct 4, 20123 min read


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jak00
Sep 30, 20121 min read


Coffee Fest
Keeping it real. Vita’s espresso still rocks! Just when you thought Seattle had lost its coffee-edge, bam! It’s back. I was just in...
jak00
Sep 23, 20122 min read


Billions of Brazilian Beans
Brazil is a young America. It has abundant natural resources, a huge agricultural industry and a large work force. All of these factors...
jak00
Sep 16, 20123 min read


Crafting a Brand
image courtesy of http://gotcraft.com/ “Genuine as a fingerprint” was the caption in Andy Warhol’s year book. This is a man who knew...
jak00
Sep 16, 20122 min read


Daytripper – E.L.I.
True, we are past Labor Day but don’t count out Sag Harbor and Shelter Island for your weekend retreat. This is the best time of the year...
jak00
Sep 16, 20122 min read


NYIGF – 2012
NYIGF 2012 I know that it is hard to remember now that summer has come and gone, but the NY Gift Fair took place near the end of August...
jak00
Sep 16, 20122 min read


Freshly Roasting
Since American Bulldog Coffee Roasters are relatively new to the coffee world (you may know them as Bowery Coffee), their approach is...
jak00
Aug 14, 20122 min read


Opening: New Resto Calliope
Calliope restaurant is named for a species of hummingbird, but it was, incidentally, also the name of the Greek muse said to have...
jak00
Aug 3, 20124 min read


Big Love
Do you support Polygamy…in vendor relations? The idea to use multiple coffee roasters to supply a cafe or restaurant seems to be a fairly...
jak00
Aug 2, 20126 min read


Day Tripper: Great Barrington, MA
If you were heading to the Hamptons and took a quick turn at the Throgs Neck bridge, hopped on the Taconic and took it all the way to the...
jak00
Aug 1, 20122 min read
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