Though it may already feel like your lifestyle, coffee is far more than just a drink—it's a potential social activity! We've rounded up some great coffee events coming up this month in New York City, where you're sure to learn as much as you taste. Or, well, just taste. No one will judge.
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"All that range we've begun to embrace in single origin brewed coffee is available in the concentrated, mercurial world of espresso as well." [Photos: Liz Clayton] Hipster haven Variety may not be on your morning commute, but you're only an...
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[Photos: Liz Clayton] It's the coffee equivalent of the chili size, or maybe it's not. The affogato: that nearly obscene, but oh-so-subtle pouring of espresso over gelato or ice cream, refreshing and lush, a world of fast-melting contrasts. While...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Crunchy cookie meets weightless meringue, with just the slightest bit of chew—it's the pistachio cookie at Abraço, with the nut pureed through and through. Pistachio evolved into a cookie. A little crumbly, a little messy, but...
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[Photographs: Allison Hemler] I like to think of coffee roasters as chefs, who may use the same foods as others, but use their unique talents to make a beautiful signature final product. If you've tasted any of the "Big...
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"If the iced version was blended and topped with whipped cream, it could knock a Frappuccino out of the park." [Photographs: Allison Hemler] The thought of putting an inch of half-and-half and three sugar packets into eight ounces of coffee...
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"Being into coffee means you have to put your feelers out there and try things you're skeptical of." [Photo: HKmPUA on Flickr] Every so often, a cafe will announce the arrival of a "guest espresso," which adds another layer to...
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"I'm sure you've never thought of an affogato as street food, but I also never thought I'd be drinking Intelligentsia coffee from a truck." [Photographs: Allison Hemler] If you've ever wanted a dish of ice cream for breakfast, now's your...
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[Photographs: Allison Hemler, unless otherwise noted] New York Times readers in 1872 demanded it, just like the coffee-obsessed in 2009 on the streets of New York: "Let us have this one needed reform everywhere...hotel and restaurant keepers, please do...
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"The macchiato at Cafe Pedlar in Brooklyn could make me a regular." [Photographs: Allison Hemler] Grabbing a cup of coffee can be as routine as brushing one's teeth--and like most of us will only go for Aquafresh or Crest, say,...
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