baristas sound off on the Coffee Catcher

With a healthy schedule of cuppings lately, we've been getting more and more feedback on the Coffee Catcher from Baristas.  Greg from Victrola Coffee says,

"This is the most surprising thing I've ever tasted in coffee."

While Jason, a taster at PT's Coffee, who was visiting from Chicago, reviewed the Coffee Catcher French Press brew saying,

"This is a much cleaner tasting cup!"

 Learn more about how the Coffee Catcher changes the French Press...

Rosettas for Relief

Coffee Chroniclers, Nate and Charity Jones, attended the recent Seattle edition of Rosettas for Relief, which uses latte art as the catalyst to fund raise for Haiti.  According to "Why Not? Coffee":

10 cities nationwide will take part in the Rosettas for Relief all across the country including: Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina, and even Vancouver, B.C!  Baristas from cafes of all shapes and sized will be getting together to raise money to aid the Haitian quake victims. The event is a latte art competition, with out the ego.  (read more...)

The Seattle edition took place at Visions Espresso on 1st Ave S. and wound up raising nearly $2000 for Haiti relief efforts!  Here are some brief thoughts in retrospect from Nate:

The place was packed, and very high energy, considering how quick the beer was disappearing :) 

About 20 competitors raised at least $100 buy-ins to participate in the latte art competition. Coffee Catcher supported Tom Pikaart of Visions Espresso and Porchlight Coffee, who was also sponsored by Slayer and won a prize for his savvy fund-raising abilities. The latte art was beautiful, but I really enjoyed the lively, laid-back conversation.

"Thank You" to all the participants, attendees, and to Visions Espresso for hosting the event.  The Coffee Chroniclers were proud to be part of such a demonstration of community compassion and coffee-skill.

heard it on the Tweetvine

Our new favorite French Press mentions in Twitterdom:

"all this coffee talk is making me rethink my position on ownership. *hmmmm* my hubz wants a frenchpress. All I think is clean up X"

Coffee Chroniclers say: Ha!  Cleanup's not a problem anymore, let him get his French Press (+ Coffee Catcher), you'll love the flavor!

"Give me ONE GOOD REASON I shouldn't turn this into a 2-French-press morning, huh?"

 Coffee Chroniclers say:  We don't see any good reason why it shouldn't be...

"Coffee addiction taking hold.  Bought a Frenchpress Sat. I am excited to go to bed tonight so I can wake up to it."

 Coffee Chroniclers say: Welcome to the wonderfully delicious & rewarding "dark side". Enjoy your press!

"In Ecuador regular coffee is called 'pasado.'  La Sierra only drinks cinnamon tea. We packed a French Press along with the first aid kit"

 Coffee Chroniclers say: A wise traveler is a well-caffeinated traveler.

upcoming cuppings..

Recently we've been posting the user reviews from our Cupping, Product Demonstrations, and Taste Comparisons, and thought perhaps it's time to get an event calendar up on our website so readers can taste the difference for themselves.

View event calendar on the Coffee Catcher website

We have a couple of events coming up in the next two weeks that we'd love for our readers to make it:

• 02.18.10 - Cupping and Taste Comparison
  at Visions Espresso
  2737 1st Ave South, Seattle WA
  2:00 - 4:00pm
  Hosted by Sarah Dooley and Nate Jones, we're going to show you the Coffee Catcher in action and get your impressions of the difference the Coffee Catcher makes to the flavor experience of French Press coffee.  Sarah is working with us to test the improvements we've tasted and to explore the reasons behind why the Coffee Catcher makes such a difference.
  
  
• 02.27.10 - Cupping with the Seattle Coffee Club
  at the Urban Coffee Lounge
  9744 Northeast 119th Way, Kirkland WA
  2:00 - 4:00pm
  We will be joining the Seattle Coffee Club for this cupping and product demonstration.