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Four espressos not to miss in Seattle

I was in Seattle a while ago for Sigcomm 2008 . While there, I decided to go on a personal tour de seattle coffee shops. What I found were four excellent places to grab an espresso. Most serve double ristretto shots, rich, with a deep red crema and a surprising acidity. Forgive the lack of detail - they're all very good and I'd go to any of them again. You can't get espresso like this in Pittsburgh, alas, though I'm perfecting my technique on the machine at the Intel lab. :) Stumptown Coffee Roasters Vivace Victrola Coffee Roasters - not only very good espresso, but they offer cuppings on Wednesdays, which was quite fun. Nice selection of coffees to try. Stickman Coffee - Yelpers complain about the service, but the espresso was the thickest I've had and quite tasty. My biggest complaint was that they allow smoking in the attached courtyard, which would otherwise be a great place to hang out with a laptop for an afternoon. Old comments: Charlie Garrod: