We’ve got some new coffees this week that are amazing:
Bonta Microlot from Papua New Guinea- sweet and spicy with notes of plum and ginger
La Frontera from Peru- super chocolately- every time I brew this coffee I can smell a chocolate bar.
Coming next week- a whole bunch of sinlge-origin espresso!
look for Don Roberto’s Reserve from El [...]

Dec 24 8am-1pm
Dec 25 CLOSED
Dec 26 8am-5pm
Dec 31 8am-5pm
Jan1 – CLOSED

We have a fresh stock of perfect gifts for the coffee lover on your list! Baratza grinders (best home grinder on the market), beautiful Camano hand grinders, French presses, French press travel mugs, Espresso a Mano T-shirts, Espresso a Mano travel mugs, and gift baskets that include : a bag of Holiday Blend coffee [...]

Attention Espresso a Mano laptop using customers: We have now received three notifications from copyright owners that someone at our store has been downloading copyrighted material from the internet. The works in question are episodes of True Blood and Bored to Death. This can result in the loss of our internet service or, worse, involvement [...]

So some of you may have noticed the shiny new toy we have atop our bar here at Espresso a Mano.  It is a La Marzocco GB5 espresso machine.  Why on earth did you get a new espresso machine when the old one was doing a perfectly good job? you may ask.  Well, it is [...]

It has been one year since we opened the doors to Espresso a Mano.  Many thanks go out to the wonderful customers who supported us and helped make the first year a success. You make Espresso a Mano a fun, lively, and interesting place to hang out every day!
We had a great time Friday night [...]

We have a rotating coffee selection here at Espresso a Mano.  Each day we drip brew one type of coffee, french press another to serve in individual cups, and have two espresso options.  We also have a wide selection of coffees available to brew for you in personal french press servings.  Some of our current selections:
Holiday [...]

I think a good topic for our first post would be the most basic and impornat thing we do: espresso.  What is it?  What’s so great about it?  What makes a good espresso or a bad espresso?
To start with, espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage (usually 1 to 2 oz.) that is characterized by having [...]