I was reading a recent blog entry from Jbviau talking about the packaging of coffee , he talks about how he really likes the bag that the coffee roaster Tonx ships his coffee in. As you can see below from...
It's dinner Chez Chamie again. Tonight, I had to use up the rest of the family pack of pork ribs from the coffee-glazed ribs the other night. There were only two of them and four of us and I have...
Getting just a little ahead of myself I may have a new contender for my favorite basket. Intrepid blogged about how he had ordered the new HQ line of baskets from Espresso parts north west and that he seemed happy...
There have been a few posts on here about the great customer support that people have received, and I have to admit that I am right there with them in receiving some excellent service and I just wanted to highlight...
Espresso Machine Maintainance: Group Head One of the most important thing in espresso making is group head maintainance. Afterall, the group head is the site of the most significant action where by coffee grind are extracted by pressurized water. Thus...
http://foter.com/img/photo/10/day-39-every-brilliant-thing-my-fabulous-flickr-friends_l.jpg" class="foter-photo" style="display: block; width: 100%" /> Menage a Moi /Free Photos Can I start by saying that I love the way we talk about coffee here. I love reading about Wakenot's experimentation in search of perfect coffee, Scott's humorous...
The other coffee ingredient Coffee at its finest has only two ingredients in it. Those, of course, are coffee and water. I decided to try to figure out exactly what kind of water was the best for pour over of...
Heads up if you are using a Tassimo capsule coffee brewer - there is a safety recall going on so you should head over to the Tassimo web site to see if your product is affect by this. From the...
You could win free coffee in ROASTe's latest MugShot contest through Saturday! We all love unique coffee mugs, right? And we love free coffee? Double right! Do you have a unique Coffee Mug you want to show the world to...
It started out as one of THOSE mornings. I woke up at 4 am, still sitting on the couch where I fell asleep while editing an assignment -- which was already late. The house was freezing -- which meant that...
In honor of Valentine’s day – heartbreak and how to overcome one! I woke up this morning and stumbled to the coffee maker. I had been looking forward to this coffee since before I went to bed last night. With...
After getting the Baratza Vario-W I have started thinking about my last grinder, the Cunil Tranquillo. The Cunil Tranquillo was my first grinder capable of pairing well with an espresso machine. Since purchasing the Tranquillo, I have used (not owned)...
There are plenty of weightier angles to take on the subject of coffee bags—whether or not they should be recyclable, have one-way valves, come with recommendations on brew parameters, etc.—but today I feel shallower. How about focusing on how they...
Coffee politicos, can you believe that Rick Santorum won the primaries yesterday in Minnesotta, Missouri and Colorado? Considering that he and his staffers have probably been drinking road coffee from 7-Elevens and gas stations, maybe this is a time to...
I saw this over at Home-Barista, talking about a recently article that was posted in the New York Times.com entitled "With Coffee, the Price of Individualism Can Be High." The writer of the article is making the observation like many...
This cooking with coffee stuff is contagious. Got ideas for recipes you'd like to see me try? Add them in a comment. I just had to note that this cooking with coffee stuff is contagious, especially the espresso syrup thing....
At risk of sounding like a broken record… Roaste.com has come through yet again with great customer service. I ordered a few bags of coffee about two weeks ago and enjoyed them. Then the other day I was surprised to...
/files/u2252/bunn_trifecta.jpg" align="right" height="412" width="268" />A lot of rumors have been swirling around in spite of NDA's about a new home brewing system coming soon from Bunn. It is almost here and for only $500 the same type of cup their...
Not really insightful about coffee, but more in the vein of Steve's Boxes of Goodies post a while back. /files/u13866/brown_coffee.jpg" align="absbottom" width="308" height="410" /> So picked up the American Weigh 2kg scale and got this espresso from Brown Coffee...
Coffee Cravings… You know you are spoiled in life when you are in my boat and you consider it a great injustice that here it is almost 5 pm and you have not had a second cup of coffee yet...
After a month of waiting, last night I finally received my grinder. Of course, I didn't get to use it until today because I wasn't home until 10:30 PM (after leaving at 5:45 AM), but it was a jwonderful feeling....
