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Kitten Got Your Tongue?

07.24.2008

Submitted by bdisylvester on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 11:01pm.
The Bite:
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Tongue, maybe, taste buds, "fur" sure, if you're talking morning cuppas from Kitten Coffee. This Brooklyn-based roasting company supplies NYC baristas and restaurants with rich, bold, and superaromatic 100% Rainforest Alliance Certified espresso beans from Brazil, Guatemala, and Ethiopia (which helps protect local ecosystems, water supplies, and native plants, and ensures worker safety, fair pay, and no exposure to nasty chems). If you prefer to brew your own, sign up for one of KC's Espresso Enthusiasts Workshops, and learn how to choose, grind, and roast beans for the perfect espresso shot. KC also buys carbon offsets, making it one of only two U.S. coffee roasters with a zero carbon paw, um, footprint. Meow.

Wanna Try: 
Kitten Coffee, available at Abigail Cafe & Wine Bar, 807 Classon Ave., Brooklyn (718-360-8543). Small Americano Coffee, $2; monthly Espresso Enthusiasts Workshop, $40/person.
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To espresso, the Swiss add hot chocolate, Mexicans toss in cinnamon, Moroccans spice with peppercorns, and Ethiopians add a pinch of salt.

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If 10,000 Biters buy a pound of organic, shade-grown, fair-trade coffee instead of conventional joe, we'll keep the weight of 556 espresso machines in toxic chems off the planet.

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Anonymous44  on November 12, 2009 at 07:02 AM 1
Tongue, maybe, taste buds, "fur" sure, if you're talking morning cuppas from Kitten Coffee. games

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