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Coffee Article in the New York Times

SOUTHSIDE COFFEE could hardly be more obscure. It sits on a corner of a quiet street in what is called the South Slope in Brooklyn, and at first it looks like any other shop with the word “coffee” slapped on the awning: A bunch of bikes are chained outside, several customers sit at tables on the sidewalk, and inside people are hunched behind their laptops.

Joshua Sidis is the only barista this Saturday morning. Once a drink is ordered, he flicks the doser below the bean hopper several times until the scoop is full. Then he presses down the grounds with a tamper, fits the doser into the Marzocco espresso machine and lets the water seep through the grounds into a demitasse.

 

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  • <a href="http://helenmoffett.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Helen</a>
    Helen
    February 17th, 2009 @09:55 #
     
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    Ted, your link won't link. Ben-editor, can you fix it?

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  • <a href="http://tedbotha.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Ted</a>
    Ted
    February 17th, 2009 @15:52 #
     
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    Not sure about this. It links for me.

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  • <a href="http://book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Ben - Editor</a>
    Ben - Editor
    February 17th, 2009 @15:57 #
     
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    What Helen means, Ted (I think), is "make it clickable". Have done so - and have added a bit of teaser text from the article to get people going.

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  • <a href="http://helenmoffett.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Helen</a>
    Helen
    February 17th, 2009 @16:00 #
     
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    Aha. Copied it into my browser, et voila. But I'm lazy: I like to click on the address itself and be transported.

    Nice piece!

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  • <a href="http://tedbotha.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Ted</a>
    Ted
    February 17th, 2009 @16:18 #
     
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    Thanks, Ben. I'm an idiot at this.

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  • <a href="http://helenmoffett.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Helen</a>
    Helen
    February 17th, 2009 @16:32 #
     
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    If it makes you feel any better, Ted, I STILL have to ask Ben to do it for me every time I want to drop a pic into a post (liked your Georgia one, BTW -- those snowy peaks...)

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  • <a href="http://book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Ben - Editor</a>
    Ben - Editor
    February 17th, 2009 @16:40 #
     
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    We all start off on all fours when it comes to blogging, Ted. You'll get the hang of it!

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  • <a href="http://tedbotha.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Ted</a>
    Ted
    February 17th, 2009 @17:44 #
     
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    You have more faith in me than I do, but thanks.

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