The Reading Room

  http://foter.com/img/photo/4/coffee-beans-2_l.jpg" style="display: block; width: 100%" class="foter-photo" /> cthoyes /Foter What would you do with a million coffee beans? Probably nothing quite as visually artistic as the mosaic created by Albanian artist, Saimir Strati. Strati, who has created mosaics that...

This evening while trolling the worlds of the internet I found an interesting tid bit on Google plus, posted by Coffeegeek. It was a post about how the makers of the Espro Press want to make a large version of...

As a creature of pure habit, I had been content using big double baskets filled with fluffy coffee powder spilling out in wanton excess and crema filled shot glasses dripping gleefully down the cup onto the saucer below - I...

/files/u5804/photo-55.jpg" height="500" width="441" /> One of Nick Cho's tweets yesterday made me laugh. It was a picture of some pourover cones being put to an extremely creative use at the dinner table--namely, as French fry servers, complete with filter paper...

As I mentioned in the first part of this review, I had the opportunity to take the Bonavita BV-1800 automatic coffee brewer over to a friend's house to brew some test pots for comparison of time and taste results between this...

http://foter.com/img/photo/4/denver-post-warm-hands-warmer-heart-awww_l.jpg" style="display: block; width: 100%" class="foter-photo" /> ~ggvic~ /Foter My Google "coffee" feed always dredges up a few news stories in which coffee is only a tangential player -- that is, stories in which coffee is mentioned even though the...

I am putting the finishing touches on the second part of my Bonavita brewer vs. the Technivorm blog so think of this one as the half time show or intermission. I seem to be on a Melitta related theme lately...

Product review the Jennings pocket scale.  I love this little scale.  I use it many times a day and not just for coffee.  It has a few great features.  The model I have in mind is the Jennings JS150V and...

I thought it would be a good time to talk about my experience with the Capresso Infinity burr grinder. It's the time of year that we are buying gifts for a lot of people and we want to make sure...

http://www.coffeebreak2day.com/images/keep-cup.png" hspace="10" height="321" border="5" align="left" width="301" vspace="10" title="keep cup picture" alt="keep cup picture" />So, one of my favorite things about coffee people is that they are good-hearted and truly charitable in ways that go far beyond dropping a bill in...

No I am not being arrogant and asking you all to refer to me by Mr. Espresso, I am actually talking about the Oakland CA based roaster.It's actually quite sad that this is the first time that I am enjoying...

Product review Revol Froisses Espresso Crinkle Cups I went to a café a few weeks ago and they served me a cup of coffee out of a crushed disposable plastic cup.  I was shocked.  I steeled myself to make a...

Photo Credit: One of a Kind Baskets /Foter It's that time of year and all over the country, people who count coffee lovers among their loved ones are buying BAD COFFEE GIFTS™ that are destined to be regifted. What's worse...

Every so often I like to play coffee Santa and dole out gifts using my spare eBeans. I’ve decided to get my friend an Aeropress—since I’ve enjoyed mine quite a bit in the short time I’ve owned it—but I need...

What is the big deal about water temperature - if you brew coffee with water that is too hot you just have to wait longer for it to cool down, right? Wrong - you use water that is too cool...

What would comprise the ultimate home coffee cart? (or at least a functional one). This is what has been on my mind lately – I want a coffee cart at home.  This is not just because I want a cart,...

All of us have a unique story surrounding that first cup of coffee. Perhaps it was a profound experience that opened our eyes to gourmet beans for the first time. It could simply be a moment of need, when work...

This morning, thanks to the magic of Youtube, I shared my coffee with a family that produces coffee on a certified organic farm in Peru. There's not a lot in this video that I didn't already know about coffee production,...

How fine do you need to grind for auto drip? Do you need th grind very fine - just coarser than espresso fine? Do you need to grind on the coarse side to keep the water flowing through the filter?...

http://foter.com/img/photo/3/coffee-and-wine_l.jpg" width="427" height="298" class="foter-photo" style="display: block" /> Photo Credit: Rob Qld /Foter Sometime last week I read a fun little satirical blog post written by a self-confessed wine snob and addressed to the growing population of self-confessed coffee snobs. The...