Comments on: On a quest for good coffee: The Winnipeg Espresso Roundup

By: KS

KS — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:12:48 +0000

Just moved back from Vancouver and realized what a gaping hole Winnipeg has in the espresso/latte industry. When Starbucks is considered the best coffee place in the city, it makes me sad. If anyone else has found any good coffee places, please post!

By: Eh!

Eh! — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:24:21 +0000

Hello Steev,
I just stumbled on this site and got a good chuckle out of it. I too am passionate about a good cup of E. I actually brought my own little unit on wheels with me and can be found at the St. Norbert Market on Sat and Wed. I happily found “Green Bean” which is locally roasted and organic and fair trade and get a great looking and tasting shot from it. Black Pearl was a great gem to find too and just a good place to go look.
I think we all hope to open our own little Mecca of sophistication some day ( I know I do ) and expose the many exceptional and for lack of a better word, cool, ways of exposing the virtues of the iconic bean to the masses of those who would otherwise never know what they are missing.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:14:57 +0000

Steev:

My wife and I are in shock! Finally someone who feels the same way we do about this dilemma in Winnipeg. I lived in Winnipeg my whole life, but decided back in 2001 to move to Calgary, and just recently moved back to the Peg.
Since being here I have been to almost every coffee house here and have yet to find a great shot of espresso, and no one really seems to dabble in latte art.
Tony, PLEASE open up your coffee house, my wife and I will be guaranteed customers everyday!
I think it’s sad that people don’t understand the difference between average espresso and GOOD espresso. When people go to fine restaurants they expect to drink fine wine, why shouldn’t we also have a fine coffee house so those that understand fine espresso should have that same opportunity.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:06 +0000

Steve

Previously i was a salesman for a cappuccino company in Calgary.Moved to Winnipeg recently and find the quality of espresso as well as epuipment in the caffe’s here, far lower quality than i am used too.
I was lucky enough to purchase a Lamorzocco GS/3 machine before i left so usually get my coffee fix at home. I love the process of making quality espresso as well as doing latte art. I am Considering opening up a caffe but not sure if there is enough people in Winnipeg that are searching for this as you are. Still doing research on this so it was nice to see this blog and notice that some people love quality coffee.
Ps. Would serve espresso’s out of my kitchen if the city let me..:)

By: steev’s thoughts » Blog Archive » It Begins

steev’s thoughts » Blog Archive » It Begins — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:58:10 +0000

[...] At Mr. Tyas’ suggestion, I’ve fired up a new blog devoted to the search for good coffee I blogged about earlier: YWG Coffee. [...]

By: ApoorvaTRON

ApoorvaTRON — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:24:59 +0000

stevius,

#81 (Things White* People Like)

Consuming Only the Authentic SomethingSomething

*- ostensibly renamed to maintain some semblance of accuracy despite horribly missing the point – also known as “20 to 30 something indie hipster upper middle class north americans”

apoorvaTRON

PS have you had turkish coffee? or south indian coffee?? both of which are delicious and different??

By: Michael T

Michael T — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:49:03 +0000

Sounds like you need to set up a special blog for this. This also sounds like something a local radio station would be interested in interviewing you for, once you complete it.

By: Steve Woodrow

Steve Woodrow — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:39:17 +0000

Igor, I’m not sure if we’re talking about the same “third wave” here. It was my understanding that the “third wave” was typically used to refer to coffee shops that were focused on getting the best coffee/espresso/whatever possible by pursuing excellence in every step of the coffee process: growing/sourcing, blending, roasting, and coffee/espresso preparation (and often with some scientific rigor, like David Schomer).

It’s not to say that the way that espresso has been done in Europe (or even certain parts of North America) for years is “the wrong way” — it’s just that, from what I understand, never before has such effort (or obsession, depending on your point of view) been put into obtaining really good espresso.

In any event, how would you prefer to describe these types of coffee establishments?

By: igor

igor — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:39:49 +0000

“Third Wave” is basically an invention of young people who have barely left their parents’ houses, discovered good coffee, and naively believe that they are the first to actually care about good coffee while prior generations of coffee industry types are ignorant dolts.

It’s like the morons who talk about “web 2.0″ and other ridiculous notions like that. Narcissistic egotists who think they are part of something so special that has never happened before should be slapped in the face with a side of bacon and mercilessly stoned with potatoes. Please do not propagate this silliness.