Espresso Vivace
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Espresso Vivace is a Seattle area coffee shop
and roaster known internationally for its high quality of coffee
and roasting practices. Barista
s and coffee-bar owners have traveled from as far away as Australia
and the UAE to learn from Vivace's owner, David Schomer.
Schomer is known within the coffee industry for his innovations, such as how he customizes his grinders and espresso
machines to achieve a more constant water temperature, which ultimately leads to a better cup of coffee.
Schomer is credited with developing and popularizing latte art
in the United States.
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
and roaster known internationally for its high quality of coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
and roasting practices. Barista
Barista
A barista is a person, usually a coffee-house employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks.- Application of the title :...
s and coffee-bar owners have traveled from as far away as Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the UAE to learn from Vivace's owner, David Schomer.
Schomer is known within the coffee industry for his innovations, such as how he customizes his grinders and espresso
Espresso
Espresso is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee. Espresso is widely known throughout the world....
machines to achieve a more constant water temperature, which ultimately leads to a better cup of coffee.
Schomer is credited with developing and popularizing latte art
Latte Art
Latte art is a method of preparing coffee created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface of the resulting latte. It can also be created or embellished by simply "drawing" in the top layer of foam...
in the United States.
Further reading
- David Schomer (1994). Espresso Coffee: Professional Techniques. Classic Day Publishing. ISBN 1594040311. David Schomer's book on professional espresso making.