February 23, 2007 at 9:14 am
· Filed under coffee, austin, texas, soco, southcongress, espresso, cafe, barista, chocolate, roaster, tea, blog, music, sanjosehotel, library
It’s Friday morning at Jo’s and there are a couple of dozen folks enjoying the chill air. Tom, with the green bandana, is sweeping up aound the place and extolling the virtues of the new espresso machine, the La Marzocco. We’ll have the scoop on this in an upcoming blog episode. It’s a nice view from the Jo’s front deck of Amy’s Ice Cream, Zen restaurant, and the Hotel San Jose. Tom cranks up the ipod and the music resumes.
We found 63 photos on flickr matching the search phrase Jo’s Coffee. The picture below is one of them. Add your Jo’s photos to flickr!
Jo’s has a MySpace page at myspace.com/joshotcoffee and soon there will be a guide to MySpace on Jo’s blog. What would you like to see on Jo’s blog, send us an article or post something in our comments.
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February 22, 2007 at 9:29 am
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Austin American Statesman writer Shermakaye Bass has written up a “day in the life” of Jo’s South called:
Quotes from Shermakaye’s XL piece:
“Shermakaye Bass scopes out the social landscape at Jo’s on South Congress for a glimpse of the famous and soon-to-be famous. MORE”
“Any given day is a funky parade at Jo’s Hot Coffee on South Congress Avenue. Its location at the foot of the “SoCo strip” and its layout — open shed seating, walkup-window, tables — make Jo’s perfect for marathon people watching.
It’s one of those places where, throughout the day, life’s rich pageant unfurls, jogging past in sweats, ambling up with dogs, strolling through with babies, buzzing by on scooters, dashing up and away in suits. Musicians and filmmakers chat with geeks and fashionistas; well-heeled tourists sidle up to local characters. Stars of the big and small screen (hello, “Friday Night Lights”) hang out — and sometimes try to hide — here. “
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February 9, 2007 at 2:02 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized, coffee, austin, texas, soco, southcongress, espresso, cafe, barista, chocolate, roaster, book, signing, library
The Birth of Coffee – presentation and book singing to benefit Friends of the Austin Public Library
Date and Time: Wednesday February 21 – 7 PM
Location: 800 Guadalupe – Austin Public Library- Austin History Center
Seating is limited so please call 974-7400
For more information on our project please see www.birthofcoffee.com
Thanks
Daniel Lorenzetti & Linda Rice Lorenzetti
The Birth Of Coffee Project
www.birthofcoffee.com
lorenzetti@birthofcoffee.com
512 585-0011
The Birth of Coffee is a multiplatform, media project consisting of a book, an international photographic exhibition tour and a complementary web site. The goal of the project is to extend the individual’s personal coffee experiences, providing them with an understanding of the many people, places and processes involved in bringing coffee to the table.
To complete this project, the author and photographer traveled a quarter of a million miles to five continents and eight countries documenting and recording the world’s coffee cultures. They followed the coffee cycle from a single seed at planting, to harvest, processing, shipping and the final cup.
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The Birth of Coffee is a special project of The Image Expedition, a documentary photography organization that produces “visual artifacts” for the next generation.
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February 8, 2007 at 3:30 pm
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Lisa and Tom take us on a video podcast walk through of Jo’s Coffee South.
Jo’s Coffee Video Podcast Windows Media Version - download now light and fast
Jo’s Coffee Video Podcast Mac Quicktime Version - download now (ipod ready) big and long download
and there’s an audio only podcast.
Tom, Jo’s Assistant Manager and fixit guy, shows us the equipment and processes that keep Jo’s running. He talks about the history of the place and gives us a tour around the outside on South Congress in Austin.
Lisa demos one of her favorite drinks. We also encounter Fritz, the Motorblade poster guy and one of the regulars who talks about the NASA astronaut space love triangle. It’s a fascinating look at the inner workings of South Congress epicenter of activity.
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February 6, 2007 at 8:07 am
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Disclaimer added after making the video:Â Rose now knows the difference between Portofino (a small fishing village in Italy located in the province of Genoa on the Italion Riviera) and a portafilter (the handle and basket thingy on an espresso machine that holds the ground espresso for extraction.)
Rose of Jo’s Coffee South, Austin, TX shows us how the pros make a mocha. It’s on an early Tuesday morning in Austin and it’s just before the big crowd shows up at Jo’s.
Makin’ Mocha – the Ipod Version
Makin’ Mocha with Rose – for Windows Media player
A Café Mocha is a variant of a cafe latte. It is simply a chocolate latte. Like a latte it is typically one third espresso and two thirds steamed milk, but a shot of chocolate is added. Typically the chocolate is in the form of an Italian syrup, although less sophisticated vending systems use instant chocolate powder. Whipped cream, dustings of cocoa and marshmallows may also be added on top for flavour and decoration.
This being an American invention, it is mostly unknown in Italy and other continental European countries. Mocha was originally a particular variety of coffee from Mocha, Yemen, made without cocoa, but which tasted as if it had cocoa in it, and modern usage usually refers to an imitation of it using other coffee varieties and cocoa.
A variant is white café mocha, instead made with a shot of white chocolate.
A term moccaccino is used in some regions of Europe and the Middle East to describe cappuccino with cocoa or chocolate.
pictured above – actual cup of mocha made at Jo’s South.
Photo by Tom Page.
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