Biking, Brooklyn, and Coffee Fuse to Form Hipster Trend Voltron

Both Fork in the Road and the Daily News have discovered what has to be the final word in hipster trends: A couple of Bushwick roommates are selling Stumptown coffee out of a DIY traveling street stand transported by bicycle. Called Kickstand Coffee, the stand unfolds out of two 160-pound rolling carts, which each hitch to the back of a bike and hold everything the owners need, from coffee beans to milk and a coffee grinder. When they reach their destination (McCarren Park, obvs.), the carts are unfolded and linked together to create a 9-foot long coffee bar. Naturally, they're selling only Brooklyn-roasted coffee, grinding it by hand, and brewing each cup ($2.50) on the spot. All they need now is to start doing tattoos.

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By John Del Signore in Food on June 1, 2010 5:13 PM

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swag

Hipster Trend Voltron is a brilliant phrase.

But I gotta say -- Voltron was all about the sum being greater than the constituent parts. This sounds more like the Hipster Trend Frankenstein: an animated beast of incongruous parts that belongs among the undead.

Alamo L7

McCarren Park is still a poor substitute for Dolores Park, but nice try guys. I am sure the bike coffee cart will work out great in January...

HBHB

People like this, well, brooklyn in general is the reason why my bike has a healthy layer of dust on it. I'm embarrassed to ride my bike. I don't want to be associated with any of these people.

bucephalus

Something tells me you weren't that avid of a biker to begin with.

BillyShears

Brooklyn's fast becoming the east coast's San Francisco, and I really can't decide if that's a good thing or a reason for me to move to harder drinks.

Alamo L7

Both. Duh.

luke*

It has finally happened. Eat that, Portland! Too bad Bikesnob is on vacation right now. Who will write funny commentary about this?!

Dude69

Stupid "look at me" hipster shenanigan that need some NYPD batons right to their heads! How can their sludge cost more than a cup of joe at Starbuck's??!