Pictures from the Coffee Cruise

Our coffee cruise was a success, if on a minor note. Our party of five consisted of shop regulars and one lone Briton in town for a triathlon (pictured below, ad nauseum -- Sorry, Brett!). So we ended up manipulating the route to include a few local photo op spots (The new riverfront park, the capitol, etc.) and finished the night with a dinner at Frank.

The coffee was all fantastic. We hit Once Over, the Cafe Medici in Clarksville (who both vend from Cuvee), and finally Frank, which caries Intelligentsia, as well as open (or 'naked') portafilters.


Murph reviews the espresso at Frank.



Frank brews Intelligentsia. Rare for Austin, and duly appreciated.



Good ol' GB-5. (There's is better than ours, but only 'cause it's five feet from a full bar that serves bacon-infused bloody marys.)



If this doesn't make you laugh, you're not from Texas. (And if you're not, click here.)


Pour-Over coffee is it. I've been hooked since my first trip to Blue Bottle in San Francisco. (Our own p.o. rack is still under construction.)



Mr. B at the Capitol, under the Six Seals that represent the Six Flags Over Texas. (That's where he learned that Texas is the only U.S. state that was previously a nation.)



The La Marzocco at Medici. Straight out of The Jetsons.



Murph using cookies to bait Eileen into playing incredibly difficult memory games.



Texas sunset from the south bank of Lady Bird Lake.



Brett, illustrating the UK's relative size to Texas.



Obligatory South Austin photo stop. (We actually interrupted a photo shoot for a couple's engagement announcements.)