Mr. Vivace
We are headed to Espresso Vivace….making this stop is kind of like paying homage. Vivace has been in the espresso game since the late 80′s. David Schomer, coffee guru and zany founder of Espresso Vivace, is responsible for the education of many proffessionals in the coffee industry. One of my first turning points as a barista was reading Espresso Coffee: Professional Techniques by Schomer. This book was basically my text book for getting started as a barista 3 years ago. So you can imagine my excitement for going to the place that planted a seed…for the ughm…coffee tree…in me. Yes!
The Vivace cafe is pretty spacious. It has a great wrap around bar with stool seating and a separate room with a roaster. Notice the gigantic mosaic rosetta on the wall above the synesso? Word.
Vivace was at the forefront of the latte art movement, in the cafe they have several walls devoted to pictures of latte art that have been poured there over the years.
We left flowers for Schomer and moved on. We have one more day in Seattle before getting on the plane that takes us back to humid land…