Comments for The Vancouver Indy Coffee Scene

Comment on Woody by Cheoy Lee

Cheoy Lee — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:44:30 +0000

@Joel – It is amazing how many different tones and tastes you can find in a single cup – the flavours even change depending on brewing method!

Comment on A Cafe Called Medina by Erica

Erica — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:28:40 +0000

I usually still head to Cafe Medina every sunday and grab a lavender latte to go. its amazing every time!!!

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by Robert

Robert — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:12:30 +0000

I just want to thank everyone for their comment. I have closed commenting on this post after 2 years…

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by Chris E.

Chris E. — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:18:43 +0000

I’m not surprised at hearing about Robert’s problems with Yelp and also with Vancouver’s CM – Crystal H. – she’s without a doubt the most controvercial & notorious CM in the entire Yelp company. Her negligence in properly handling Roanna’s trouble-causing on Yelp is a huge example of that. I was a member of Yelp from October of 2008 to about May 22nd, 2011. Earlier today I made a blog exposing the trouble-causing people on the Los Angeles region of Yelp. Here’s the URL for it: http://ocf1fansblogaboutyelp.blogspot.com/2011/06/truth-yelpers-movement.html

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by fred J

fred J — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:25:53 +0000

Yelp removed my negative comments and left my positive ones. when i complaned to yelp about hiding the negative comments, they closed my account stating that i violated the terms of service, specifically creating multiple accounts. They also state d that they removed my comments because they could be from a competitor or former disgruntled employee.

fred j

I suggest contacting the california attorney general and the federal attorney general with your specifics!

Comment on Continental Drift by Robert

Robert — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:31:46 +0000

Most of my posts on this blog are atleast two years old. So the cafe may have change or is not up to date.

For the most current trends follow me on twitter:
http://twitter.com/coffeevancouver

Cheers

Robert

Comment on Continental Drift by Hugh

Hugh — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:15:59 +0000

Hey look, a Vancouver coffee blog! This is a great idea, I’m looking forward to browsing through your old posts.

I’m new-ish to Van, but my experience so far has been that there a lot of very beautiful coffee-themed hangouts in town, but it’s difficult to actually find great tasting coffee in them.

The best I’ve found so far is Artigiano’s traditional sized cappuccino (don’t let them upsell you to the diluted regular size “for the same price”). Strange that the best coffee in town would be at a chain.

But maybe I’m wrong. I’ll have a look around the blog and find out.

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by Marjan G

Marjan G — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:07:00 +0000

I am not a bit surprised to hear Robert’s story about Yelp.
I was a member of Yelp from May 2010 until December 2010, when I was forced
to shut my account from being stalked by a Phoenix member. I was tired of the harassment and
endless messages from this man, and unsure of whether he was capable of locating me. Real People
Real Reviews? I say Real Stalkers Real Danger, for women especially.
During my time on yelp, I witnessed unfair account closures, due to ‘flagging’ by the yelp community, which consists of a bunch of Elite bullies.
These Elites, for the free reviews they write, and rewarded by some Elite parties Yelp hosts for them, and of course the Elite status. Its my opinion that many reviews are fakes, due to the fact that some Elites have written 500 plus reviews in a year, in the fervor to become an Elite. Plagirism is rampant on Yelp as well.
Yelp can throw members in the yelp ‘jail’ and never let said member know what offense occured as to be avoided in the future. I was in Yelp jail once. Receiving an email from Marvin, saying I was flagged by the Yelp community. Really Marvin? That would mean that Yelp bullies can jail you with no violations of TOS .
Yelp throws in the talk threads to lure more members. In Los Angeles, the threads consist of talk about personal hygeine and sexual practices as well as member bashing and racial slurs.
Stay away from Yelp. The faster this site foes down, the sooner a reputable one will go up.
That is my two cents.

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by BruceS

BruceS — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:10:10 +0000

Thanks, Robert. You may have kept me from wasting a lot of time with Yelp. Thanks also to Gregg for the link to the eastbayexpress article. Here I was about to start a Yelp account, and doing a bit of research on them makes it look like they’re entirely untrustworthy.

Comment on Tamping by Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:55:11 +0000

Please no tamper-stands or drums! I’d also like to point out that not getting a nice puck out of your portafilter is not necessarily indicative of uneven extraction, especially when using a relatively fine grind or low dose, or a solo basket.

Comment on Poll: What type of cafes do you want us to review? by Robert

Robert — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:12:52 +0000

Thanks Jason H. We kinda like it too… We also have a Version 3 being designed as we speak. Hopefully to launch this Fall.

ps. Yes I know I have being saying that since the Spring, but we all volunteer yo!

Comment on Poll: What type of cafes do you want us to review? by Jason H.

Jason H. — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:08:47 +0000

We just added your site to our Internet Coffee Database search engine. We like it.

http://tx-coffee.com/resources/icdb/

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by Destroying an Online Community « The Art of Relationships: Chenergy Consulting

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:59:51 +0000

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Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by Jenny Rassen

Jenny Rassen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:27:53 +0000

Yelp in vancouver is quite horrible. There are so many bias reviews…most from the same 10 people. Marc “Hole in the Wall” D is one of the most annoying reviewers.

Comment on Poll: What type of cafes do you want us to review? by Adriel Hampton

Adriel Hampton — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:16:52 +0000

Good luck with the volunteer hunt! Maybe some resources on this link – http://listorious.com/MarcDeCaria/coffee-twitters

Comment on Ground Zero (The Starbucks Paradox) by Robert

Robert — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:28:18 +0000

Dear Cha Cha Cha

I can only say that yes, Yes YES!.

People do care THAT much. . .

Comment on Ground Zero (The Starbucks Paradox) by ChaChaCha

ChaChaCha — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:25:02 +0000

Last review: Oh, brother!!! Does anyone really care THAT much?

Comment on Turkish Delight by American Big Media Culture Thieves « Nobody Ever Listens To Me Anyway…2

Tue, 18 May 2010 16:43:22 +0000

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Comment on Turkish Delight by Will Sahut

Will Sahut — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:38:50 +0000

It used to be a very cool spot, but it’s overrun with a lot of sarcastic young hipsters with low IQ counts these days.
Used to have fun there, lots of conversation. Now its just crappy.

Comment on You’ll always remember your first ~ How I got banned from Yelp by Lynae

Lynae — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:18:42 +0000

Oh, and it was also after being contacted by the “Community Manager for Yelp Denver” that I was blacklisted. Didn’t realize that’s who she was until after it happened and I started poking around.