Esmeralda in an Eva Solo
Esmeralda landed at IntelliVenice yesterday for retail sale. Today it’ll be offered up for pleasurable consumption. Brewed with the Cafe Solo, it’ll be a shareable 24ozs of coffee deliciousness for $15. That is, if you’ll even want to share it. I had my first taste of Esmeralda yesterday and I could go on and on about the aroma and the mouth feel, but I’d rather encourage you to drink it and let the coffee speak for itself. This is a super limited lot of coffee, so don’t dilly-dally. Like Christmas, it comes but once a year.

Hacienda La Esmeralda released!
I’ve heard phenomenal things about this coffee and have been eagerly anticipating it’s release into the wilds of Los Angeles. Looking forward to trying it out for the first time very very soon. It’s times like these I wish coffee was hoardable like wine. It’s here just a moment in time and then gone till next season. For more info on Esmeralda, read up here.

Blue Bottle on AK
This just in: Equator Books on AK serving Blue Bottle Coffee. Read up:  http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/coffee/blue-bottle-coffee-at-equator/ Well, you know where I’ll be today. Good god, I’m going to have the nastiest caffeine hangover tomorrow.

Mobile Food Trucks:More than tacos
Looks like I’ll have yet another choice for food on AK now with the debut of NomNom, a mobile banh mi food truck. No need to go on a San Gabriel valley banh mi crawl. Let the food come to you. Coming soon: my thoughts on Fishlips, the sushi truck. Instant thought: I wonder if The Brig is getting more traffic considering how many of these fusion food trucks reference it as their parked location?

A Japanese Breakfast
Boiled Eggplant with katsuobushi Cucumber tsukemono Uzura-mame