Coffee

12 Mar 2019

SF’s New Vietnamese Coffee Pop-Up, Kasama Cà Phê

Have you ever tried high-quality, Southeast Asian-grown coffee?  We’re all familiar with the Bay Area’s abundance of third wave coffee roasters and cafes, but it’s time to get to know a new coffee pop-up, Kasama Cà Phê.  Kasama Cà Phê is a cafe concept that’s all about sharing Southeast Asian

Kirsten Chen 0
11 Oct 2018

The Advantages of Being a Barista VS. a Bartender

I miss being a barista. There are times when I’m standing in line at my local coffee shop and I feel that dull pang of jealousy while I watch the busy bees behind the espresso bar slam pitchers and gallons of milk around with purpose and gusto, trading jokes and stiletto-sharp snark that only they can hear over the whoosh and screech of the steam wands

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11 Oct 2018

What in the World is Kava & Where You Can Find it

Kava is a drink made from grinding up the lateral roots and stump of the Piper Methysticum plant, or the “Mystical Pepper” as it’s colloquially known in places like Fiji and Samoa. And now it’s in SF and Berkeley

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27 Sep 2018

Exploring the Innovative & Intriguing Oakland Coffee Scene

The Oakland Coffee scene is booming these days, there over 2,300 coffee shops and over coffee 17 roasters in the city now, and the scene is super diverse and interesting too.  So much so that Visit Oakland started interviewing the city’s coffee roasters and baristas to shed light on all the

Alex Mak - Managing Editor 0
09 Apr 2018

Hey, Cookie Now Has an Actual Cafe!

OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! You’ve been there before. It’s a nice sunny day, you’re sitting on a blanket in Dolores Park, a little stoned, a little drunk, having a groovy ol’ time. All of a sudden

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
15 May 2017

Guerilla Bingo: the Art of Competitive People-Watching

By: Hannah Harkness  Bingo is a game associated with senior citizens looking to pass time, a rainy day activity at summer camp, a cop out substitute teacher lesson plan, or just another fun way to slake your gambling addiction. I don’t gamble, and I don’t have the patience to sit

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12 May 2017

The Absolute Best Mother’s Day Brunch Spots In NYC

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and NYC is the place to be if you’re looking to spoil the woman that pushed you out of her body. She did that, you know…or you were CUT OUT of her. Either way, she deserves some bottomless mimosas or ridiculous bloody mary’s,

Lauryn Petrie - NYC Editor 0
27 Feb 2017

Most of Your Favorite Inventions Were Created by Black Inventors

How does the shortest month of the year do any justice to celebrate such a rich culture? It doesn’t, we just have to jam pack centuries of awesome people, ideas, moments, and inventions into 28 (sometimes 29) days. Speaking of inventions, many great minds are idolized during Black History Month,

Curtis Conrad Schabath 0