Entries from December 2005
Hello all,
Since my good friend Anne Jan is the head barista in the most trendy outlet in Amsterdam named ‘Vuong’ we are more and more interested in espresso based cocktails.
Vuong is not only the base of Anne Jan, but also for a few of the best bartenders of Amsterdam.
I write a column in THEME magazine. THEME is all about trends, lifestyle, design and concepts in the Dutch and Belgium horeca (hotel-restaurant-café) and they also write about espresso and cocktails. So the plan is to do a barista-bartender jam session on the 4th of January.
I’m much exited about it because I’m sure that the espresso cocktails will be very popular in the trendy bars and clubs. We hope of course that a few new classics will be developed. I think you all know the classic espresso-Martini?
If not, please go and Google the espresso martini. Lots of variations and tips and tricks will appear. In my next post I’ll show the pictures and the hopefully new classic recipes.
Please enjoy your New Year night and all the best for 2006!
Jeroen
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Hello all,
Please visit this site and find some really nice artwork. If you follow the link please click on the small painting with the coffeebean on it. http://www.oliverjeffers.com/
I wish you all a very good Christmas and a successful new year!
Jeroen
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Hello all,
I received a nice reaction from Suksit Lee.
He met some one in Chaingmai, Thailand.
he owns a Volkswagen van and pimpt it up to a mobile espressobar.
You can find pictures on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/defaultespresso/59762916/in/set-1291954/
This is what Suksit said:
He has 220v inlet at the end of the truck, so the whole van is powered. Water-usage sensor pump feeds the water from a tank under the truck to the whole bar, with no waste tank, just a pipe and down to the street drain.
He always park at the same place, but he has hydraulic to level the whole van and later put a clutch or two.
He is a carpenter. The whole make-over cost about 5000 EURO without espresso machine and grinder.
Jeroen
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Please explore this website: http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=-wPwbVR242U
It’s Jim Seven’s site. Here you can see how he makes his perfect latte arts.
Some just wright how they do it, Jim show us that he really can do it…!
Take Care, Jeroen
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Hello all,
Long time no see!
Excuses for that but last period was and still is very busy.
We had a big reorganization in the organization (Sara Lee)
We had three espresso brands (Douwe Egberts, Laurentis, Piazza d’Oro) and we made one big organization of it. So a lot of work to do because now we are leader in the market (HORECA) with about 30%.
Good news out of Amsterdam. A new concept bar opened the doors last month. “Vuong” is the new concept of Casper reijnders. He is also the owner of Jimmy Woo (world famous club). Vuong brings perfect food, cocktails and espresso by day, in the same trendy clubby atmosphere as Jimmy Woo by night.
The best news is that they hired a professional barista. My good friend and one of my first students Anne Jan is master barista in Phuong. We are very proud to be the first professional bar concept with a professional barista.
This period is showtime. There is the Millionaires fair, Food show in Amsterdam, Food show in Maastricht and my personal favorite is the BAR show in Amsterdam. I represent Piazza d’Oro on every show. In Amsterdam and Maastricht I have some help from (two Michelin star chef) Hans van Wolde from Restaurant Beluga. We make a perfect combination from his food and my espresso. Very exiting.
I’ll bring some pictures as soon as possible.
Last news: This very nice espresso bar from Victors coffee to Go in Haarlem.
We are doing very well in the Netherlands.
If there is any news out of your country please mail me on jveldkamp@decs.nl
I’ll putt it on this blog with pleasure. (60 readers from 20 different country’s every day)
Take care,
Jeroen
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