For those of you that know Spanish or have Mexican friends who speak Spanish, you will know this word....unless that is you only know polite and proper terms and your Mexican friends don't cuss. Mine do.
Chingon comes from the word "chingar", which means "to fuck" (it can also mean "make a mistake"). Chingado also comes from chingar and translates loosely to "dammit" or "fuck it". A phrase you wouldn't want to use would be "Chinga tu madre" (a vulgar, uh, Oedipal phrase, if you know what I mean). The word chingon would be like, a total BADAZZ MOFO. It is also a vulgar slang term for a compliment, like "That car is chingon!". The word in any form, is not one to bandy around lightly to a Spanish speaker. I don't even use it myself.
I wonder if the name is intentional? I couldn't believe a business was named Chingon, but I think that's so rad, but hilarious!
Chingon is also the name of a Mexican rock band, in which the guitarist happens to be film director Robert Rodriguez (how convenient). This song was used in Rodriguez's "Machete" featuring badass Mexican actor, Danny Trejo.
We still have to see the sequel, "Machete Kills". The original "Machete" trailer is full of win:
"They realized, they just fucked with the wrong Mexican."
Trivial note - Danny Trejo also appears in Roberto Rodriguez's other movies, "Desperado", "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", and "Spy Kids". I will always remember him as a tough, but lovesick biker in "Bubble Boy", a film that Jake Gyllenhall probably wishes wasn't on his resume.
Enough with the Mexican slang, on with the coffee...
at CafeMoto, which is in Barrio Logan.
I'd read about this place, known for their organic fair trade coffee and eco-friendly environment. I thought Bert might enjoy their coffee there. Behind the case were several stations for making pour over coffees.
I liked their Charlie Brown Christmas tree on their counter.
Their various offerings...
Coffee beans ready to be ground to order...
Baked goods were also available but we would just be having drinks today, thank you.
Besides the bar, there were various seating areas within as well as the patio outside.
I found this contraption interesting. I should have ordered coffee where they use this thing!
Bert had one of their dark roast pour over. The guy puts the ground up beans in the cone and pours boiling hot water over it...
It drips down into the pot below..
Sorry for the craptastic glare...
I had their Sweetie V12 Towered (I should have asked what "towered" meant) iced coffee. The coffee is cold brewed for 12 hours and sweetened with cream. I let this sit out for a few minutes while I took some interior shots. When I came back, the cream was already seeping down.
This was such a smooth iced coffee. One of the best I've had.
The guy working the counter was so very knowledgable and friendly to everyone. There were some regulars that came in that he knew by name which I thought was cool. He appears in the video linked at the end of this post.
I was also curious about those bubbly glass contraptions as well. It looks so very "mad scientist".
On a high shelf above were coffee tools and implements. We recognized the Turkish ibrik pouring container (far left)...
I thought these amaryllis were fake (they were on every table outside) but they were quite real!
That was a neat way to display amaryllis, with pine leaves. Very Christmasy.
Here's a short Cafe Moto video I found that gives you a feel for this place:
Bert drinks more coffee that I do and we are totally not coffee snobs. The prices here were quite fair especially for the quality (organic and fair trade). I really liked the cool laid back feel. We'd like to go again to try some other roasts but I know that I will probably end up getting something iced again (old habits die hard).
Bert thought his coffee was very smooth as well and liked the overall flavor of his roast (the 62 Continental, haha, that sounds like a car). Not burnt tasting at all like at Starbucks.
Cafe Moto
2619 National Ave (corner of 26th and National Ave)
San Diego, CA 92113
(619) 239-6686
cafemoto.com
Articles and reviews:
Edible San Diego, 2010
"A globally and locally responsible brew from Cafe Moto", Sheepless.org, 2010
"What's brewing on local coffee scene", SD Union Tribune, APril 10, 2013
Up next, a bakery in Barrio Logan...
4 comments:
Research Siphon coffee maker: Mom and dad had one and we do too, but I use the French Press regularly at home. It's fun. This place looks good too; it sounds like both of you may be inching your way to becoming coffee hipsters...
Hi cathy - that's what it was, a siphon coffee maker.Thanks. we have a French press at home but only used it a few times. i am far from being a 'coffee hipster'. i have no clue about the aroma/taste/flavor of beans, etc. i just know i like mine iced, haha. :)
Your iced coffee looks good! I like seeing the cream drip down like that. Iced coffee is about the only kind of coffee I can have these days and I can't even have a lot of it (boo). I'd come here just to try the iced!
Hi Mary - The cream wasn't dripping like that when I first got it but I didn't take a photo and after a few minutes, when I came back, it was totally getting all mixed up, to my chagrin. Afterward, I thought, it actually looks pretty cool like that.
Yeah, i can handle iced and sweetened coffee not straight up.
You guys have to try this place one day. :)
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