Location: 4342 California St., San Francisco
Reviewed: July 4, 2006
Espresso: My shot was served in a proper ceramic cup with grinds that were not specifically ground to order. The barista did tamp, using a small plastic tamper to do so. The cup was ~2oz. in volume and had a medium-to-pale, even, thin crema. The shot was extremely hot (possibly due, in some part, to the spent puck from the previous pour being left in the portafilter until I ordered). In the cup, the primary taste was a spicy chocolate.
Atmosphere: Caffe del Sole is a small shop in an outer neighbourhood of San Francisco. It is decorated with opera posters (including, oddly enough in this very Italian-themed location, operas by Massenet and Richard Strauss). On this particular day (when Italy was playing Germany in the World Cup semifinals), the place was packed to the gills with rambunctious soccer fans.
Verdict: Italy 2; Germany 0. They're probably still partying up there: go join in.
2 comments:
happy belated 4th of July!
And Italy has now won the World Cup (of course, everyone knows that already). Ok, back to coffee; we talk about coffee here.
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