Some time ago, we met Steve Ford, who, among other things pulls a great shot of espresso. We met him during his tenure with the stalkerriffic Blue Bottle Coffee Company; since our encounter, he's moved onto another coffee-related venture as a roaster at Ecco Caffe in Santa Rosa. Steve recently had a not-so-pleasant experience--he fell out the third-story window of the Burlington Hotel in Port Costa, Calif. ...

As longtime fans of New York real-estate blog Curbed, we still cringe when we recall the night we drunkenly nagged creator Lockhart Steele "When will we get a San Francisco Curbed? Why don't you love us? Waaaaaah!" We blacked out shortly thereafter, but we're pretty sure Steele just looked at us disgustedly and walked away. Despite what an ass we were to Lock, partner in Curb Joshua Albertson and he went ahead and launched......

Boy--we sure love completely subjective awards, and we're super thankful for a chance to give out a few of our own. People who've been reading our "Trimethyldioxypurist" missives will not be especially surprised by the winners. For those who are strangers to our periodic ramblings about coffee and cafes around the City by the Bay, here are our favorites among the many, many cool, delicious, and often unique coffee choices at which we overcaffeinated......

So how do we balance our fawning coverage of Matt Gonzalez' birthday? Why, unintentionally hilarious pictures of Gavin, of course! Matt over at 1115.org dropped by Blue Bottle Coffee, followed the sound of drums, and found the Gavster enthusiastically participating in a ground breaking ceremony on Octavia. Add a new camera and some black-and-white film into the mix, and you have the recipe for Flickr candy. We love you too, Gavvy-Gav! Stay funky! Photo......

Whether you are a Ralph Barbieri fan that enjoys Amici's, a Berkeley-ite that swears by Zachary's, a fan of Chesh's recent discovery Pizza Fiesta, or you, like friend/idol of SFist Pim, enjoy the pies at Pizzetta 211 (after all, they carry Blue Bottle Coffee, folks), we think many people in this town agree: good pizza is not very common in the Bay Area. That's pretty much the whole list right there. Well, now a......

The search is over; the perfect cup of coffee has been crowned. Go, my friends. Go now. There are times when we of modest writing ability are in bliss, for we find a subject that seems to write itself. Additionally, there are times when a Trimethyldioxypurist is in bliss, mostly having to do with, ya know, coffee. Welcome to a caffeine enthusiast's perfect storm. Welcome to Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Blue Bottle, whose roasting......