Lots of Northwest beverage companies make it a priority to give back to their communities. Eugene, Ore.’s Ninkasi just won a 2014 Good Food Award for their Believer Double Red Ale coupled with their ongoing sustainability efforts. Cinder Wines of Garden City, Idaho...
Red velvet cake is surrounded by more folklore than most any other cake in our modern-day repertoire. Why not? It’s a good story. The eye-catching confection rose to prominence through an ingenious marketing ploy designed during the Great Depression by John A....
As one Portlander put it to me: “Portland has a beer fest every three weeks.” To be honest, that seems like a conservative estimate. There’s a holiday ale fest, wild ale in the spring, fruit beer in the summer, ten days of Portland Beer “Week," a full month of...
Last week you saw your favorite brewers’ favorite Northwest coffees. Inspired by this weekend’s inaugural Northwest Coffee Beer Invitational, with a fantastic array of beer styles featuring some very fine coffees, I turned the question around to coffee...
As I look forward to this weekend’s inaugural Northwest Coffee Beer Invitational, Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Goose Hollow Inn in Portland, I’m thinking about how great coffees work themselves into great coffee beers. With so many options to choose from, brewers could...
“The first time I saw the way a bartender commanded the respect of his patrons, I thought, 'this is how baristas should work,'" recounts Nik Virrey, half of the two-man team that wants to change the way you experience coffee. The team? Matte&Gloss: Virrey and...
The world knows the Northwest for its coffee, and it’s been reflected in everything from feature films to television sketches to straight-to-DVD horror flicks across the decades. Check out a few of the real-life coffee shops that snuck their way into...
This is the time of year when we look back to see how we did in 2013. I’ve been thinking about 2013 in terms of coffee, and it seems to me we did pretty well. Daring new roasters and roasting trends, crossover within the Northwest’s trailblazing beverage...
The stockings are hung by the chimney with care…and now it’s up to you to fill them. For the coffee nerd you know, or the coffee amateur, any of these five gifts will wrap up beautifully in time for Christmas morning. Happy holidays! Espresso Sea Salt. One of five...
Fireplace cafes are cozy anytime, but when the first real December chill hits the Northwest, nothing warms you up like coffee by the fire. It's worth braving the frosty, rainy outdoors to get to some of the favorites around the region. These amazing fireplace...
