Nik Krankl and George

I am thrilled to announce the return to my café roots. On Monday, September 27th, Laurie and I purchased Taste Coffee House in Newtonville, MA, a suburb of Boston. Taste was owned and operated by Nik Krankl, a superstar in the local coffee scene! Nik built Taste into a first-rate cafe with a strong reputation for good food and extraordinary espresso drinks in the local coffee scene. We intend to maintain the food, espresso and service traditions Nik so solidly established in just two years.

We teamed up early with Nik – foreseeing what a star he would become in the local coffee scene. Taste has served our drip coffee exclusively since 2008 and frequently offered our espressos in his rotating espresso program. We worked closely with him to develop the signature espresso blend Cerise that he competed with in the 2010 United States Barista Competition, in which he took twelfth place! To learn more about Taste Coffee House check out the website – www.tastecoffeehouse.com. We look forward to continuing our creative relationship with Nik as he moves back to his California roots and opens a second café in the near future!