Archives for June 2010

Rowan Tuckfield has the intensity of a well-caffeinated man. When the owner of Kitten Coffee, a wholesale coffee distributor and barista school, speaks about the endless quest for the perfect cuppa joe, he gets a mad scientist look in his eye.

“You can’t buy a book about roasting,” he says, gesturing emphatically with coffee-stained fingers. “It’s a black art. Scientists are still discovering new, volatile aromatics that can be brought out in the flavor.” I’m no chemist, but I get his point: Every cup of coffee is a bit of a mystery.

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