Rasheed Jabr, owner of Filter Coffeehouse & Espresso Bar is getting ready to open early March on 20th Street NW in the heart of Dupont. Some may say the heart of Dupont lies around that heinous circle, I disagree and those of us who actually live in Dupont find ourselves mostly North and West and Northwest of that circle and mostly headed to other neighborhoods to get a bangin' cup of coffee. This should no longer be a problem thanks to Filter!
CONTROL» Gives the barista direct control over soft pre-infusion, allowing the barista to bring out the best character of the espresso.
ADVANCED» Enables Advanced Soft Pre-infusion, allowing pressure profiling from zero to boiler pressure.
TASTE» Brings out lively acidity, brightness, and delicate nuances in the espresso that otherwise would be hidden or toned down.
You can see the mechanical paddles in this picture, basically it streamlines the machine and its operation. This does not have the effect of dumbing down the Barista's skills, in fact just the opposite, it allows them to experiment with infusion techniques and have a better control over how each shot pours. Not to mention all those silly buttons are down right ugly. There is only one "button" on the front of this machine, its for the water, you're welcome Americano lovers.
If not actually overdue, the time has definitely come for Dupont's locally owned, quality driven, friendly, community coffeehouse. Luckily the Real Worlders are gone and all that remains is a self-guided tour of where that guy got pushed off the porch, and throngs of 16-22 year olds peeping, pointing, and replaying all the riveting tales of love, lust, deceit, and betrayal in the lives of this years cast. Fun. Hopefully they like good coffee. But rumor does have it that the house is being turned into a restaurant of some sort.
Anyhow, if Cosi coffee leaves you wanting more at 5 min. to 4, if Starbucks' coffee ash gives you never ending workplace gas, and if you can't stomach lame posers who don't even offer fresh ground pour-overs go to Filter. You will be delighted.
3 comments:
Not to mention the cozy interior - love the dark orange color and repurposed-from-an-old-barn wood accents. I could spend all day there.
Went to the open house! Sure is a good vibe in that place.
I agree Jayne it is great! I loved the folks that wandered in on their dog walk, or the two girls who came in and were studying. That is what its all about. I can't wait til the community is allowed in the place!
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