While drinking coffee in Rangeley, Maines Inner Eye Cafe a friend - TopicsExpress

While drinking coffee in Rangeley, Maines Inner Eye Cafe a friend suddenly held up his cup and said, This is the coffee cup designed by Jaime van Schyndel, the owner of Barismo. And it was indeed. Several hours later we needed more coffee and after an unhappy experience near the Portland, Maine Waterfront found Tandem. Tandem is as good as reported and as good as youd like. Its away from downtown, in a wonderful brick building next to an artisanal brewery in another good piece of vernacular masonry. The coffee-beer combo is similar to Aeronaut and Barismo in Somerville. Id probably prefer a bakery and coffee combo but the pairing appears to work. Tandem is also in a neighborhood full of recent immigrants from Africa, who show signs of dramatically improving Maines soccer programs. An intense game was occurring in a nearby parking lot while we talked with the bar staff about cortados, cortaditos from Miami and personalities at Blue Bottle Coffee.