The Reading Room

It's been a while since I've posted here and for a number of reasons.  Some were health related (off the coffee for a while) and some were work related (completely forgot I had a blog).  Anyway, my strange path back...

While sometimes you may have to look high and low for your cleaning brush, especially if you have little children that think everything is made for them, there are probably winners and losers among brushes for cleaning your espresso machine....

Photo Credit: dongga BS /Foter Just how important is your coffee to you? Recently, Time Warner Cable asked 1,000 of its NYC subscribers about which things they'd be willing to give up forever. Their results included a finding that may...

I really enjoy seasonal blends, and no I am not talking about the latest seasonal blend made with beans that are being currently harvested. I am talking about blends that are made to be festive for the season, they just...

This one doesn't need a disclaimer -- but it did catch my attention because the "experimental technique" that Nick uses in this is awfully familiar to me. Watch: Note the spoon. I bought my first manual drip coffee cone for...

The blogs call him "celebrity coffee bad boy", a D.C. columnist refers to him as a "tax scofflaw" and the D.C. coffee scene knows him as the former owner of the city's Murky Coffee. Nick Cho was forced to shut...

I came across a comment written by Jon Danzig on a previous post about coffee prices and a little bit on how increased prices can help a coffee farmer, as seen here. What Mr Danzig left in the comment portion...

We’re all familiar with the idea and concept of a customer loyalty card. You get rewarded by visiting the same shop day after day and eventually earn yourself a free drink. The problem with this concept is that you end...

I’ve had an Esatto now for about a month. While it works well paired with my Preciso, I’m in a bit of a love-hate relationship with this grinding combo. at the moment. Here I’ll briefly explain why and make a...

/files/u14133/12202011121.jpg" width="375" height="500" />  I was blogging about how much I enjoyed the Costa Rican Fruita De Oro, which is a wet processed coffee as an Aeropress brew here:  http://www.roaste.com/CoffeeBlogs/sontondaman/What-Im-Drinking-Costa-Rican-Fruita-De-Oro . Yesterday and today I have been brewing and drinking this...

If you read some of my previous blogs or that of others you are well aware that there are a lot of things that you can buy to go along with your espresso machine, one of the things that I...

One of the things that is often overlooked in the Aeropress preparation method is the amount of pressure applied to the device. If you look at several of the methods out there they’ll say things like “slow and consistent” but...

It can be funny that when you purchase a espresso machine that cost hundreds of dollars there are a lot of little things that you need to buy to go with it and some it is not merely just for...

My parents came to visit recently.  My mother is a camera buff and she brought her camera as always.  I went out to help unload the car.  I confess that this was not a quick process.  They had quite a...

Eager anticipation I am eagerly awaiting my new Elektra T1 from Roaste.com. It is due tomorrow some time.  This is a big machine.  In fact my biggest concern about it is that it may in fact be too big for...

it had been about four days already of agony, because I have been having a bad canker sore inside my mouth that made enjoying hot cup of coffee or a hot shot of espresso imposible.  It is a very horrible...

OK, we've all heard about the power of brand; that a brand can change the fortunes of a company or product.  Yeah, kinda sorta so what.Over the last year, the co-founders of Deep Cello have worked fun to create fun...