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Los Angeles Matcha Drinks Worth Seeking

The Buddhist monks who first started harvesting and preparing matcha after bringing the Chinese green tea back to Japan would no doubt find current matcha offerings mystifying. Even a basic matcha latte would now...
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San Fernando Valley Coffee Worth Seeking

The San Fernando Valley was more or less a specialty coffee desert for my first two decades in L.A. Sure, a smattering of roasters managed to build a local following. For instance, Barclays Coffee...
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Crema: Putting Equal Weight on Pastries and Coffee in Portland

We arrived at the mouth of SE Portland to find an interesting gastro-community. Noble Rot is a lauded wine bar, and just down 28th Avenue, we spotted Ken’s Artisan Pizza, but the reason for...