The Best Cup of Coffee in Texas.

I've been known to use a little hyperbole from time to time. This is not one of those times.

Fort Worth has a new coffee shop and it's in the Meadowbrook area. I mention the location because we Eastsiders have grown accustomed to driving miles to get a decent cup of fresh coffee. No mas.

Not hyperbole: This is the best cappuccino I've had this side of the Mississippi.

Coffee Folk opened last weekend serving coffee from a beautifully renovated trailer just outside the Firehouse Pottery. Coffee Folk's roaster is Spella Cafe from Portland, Oregon. Of Spella the New York Times wrote, "the best espresso in Portland." I mention that because the Coffee Folk folk are serious about procuring good coffee.

My first visit was today, Saturday, their second weekend open. My wife and daughter had been and reported to me that the coffee was very good, my expectations were high.

I liked it so much I returned an hour later for a second cup.

I'm not a coffee snob but I do appreciate when coffee's done right. For me, the high watermark is a cappuccino from La Colombe in Philadelphia. Every time I order a macchiato, espresso, or cappuccino, it's compared to La Colombe's. If La Colombe is a 10 on a good day everything else in these United States has been less, until today. The Coffee Folk cappuccino was as good and maybe a little bit better than La Colombe's. I'll admit the tipping point in that opinion may be that Coffee Folk is a bicycle ride from my house. And that there is a secondary enjoyment to this coffee bar for those of us in Meadowbrook who have endured less than stellar food and restaurant availability, and that is seeing and conversing with dozens of neighbors who are enjoying good coffee as well.

But the coffee is the centerpiece of this table and the coffee is good.

Thank you Coffee Folk.

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Coffee Folk is just outside at the Fireside Pottery at the corner of Meadowbrook and Oakland Boulevards, Fort Worth, Texas. For now they're open Friday and Saturday only. Coffee Folk also serves a small selection of fresh pastries from Rooster Bakery in Fort Worth and a selection of teas.

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Photo credits
Top: Rebecca Smith
Bottom: Jaime Brabander / The Plumbing Place

A Good Southern Biscuit

LaDonna Hilton, prize-winning biscuit maker. New York Times.

Does anyone know where (in FW) to get a good, freshly baked, southern style biscuit?

The question came to mind after reading a New York Times article on the change in ownership and operation of White Lily Flour, the gold standard of authentic Southern biscuits. It seems folks in the deep south are concerned, and I don't blame them. They have been baking with White Lily, milled in Knoxville, Tennessee since 1883. The new owners are moving production to Ohio or some such un-southlike place.

I got thinking about the last time I had eaten a really good white flour biscuit. I can't say that I have found a great one since the sale of the old Black Eyed Pea.

Any Fort Worth suggestions?

Requirements:

1. Served warm with real butter. Butter preferably cold.
2. Moist inside but not doughy; some texture but not dense.
3. Slightly browned and light crust exterior.
4. Honey would be nice, too.

Blueberry Muffins . . .

This just in -- a good blueberry muffin recipe. Tried, tested and passed approval by Jake of Thoughts of Net.Developer

When you get right down to it, is there anything better than a blueberry muffin? Warmed, sliced, with butter? And coffee? There goes the low-carb lifestyle. See recipe link below.

Blueberry-Muffins recipe.