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Even though I drink the most amount of coffee at home; more and more often I'm spending much more time in school and also on the road and I find myself wanting coffee during these time as well. I have...

Hario Mini Mill vs. Baratza Vario?

I have been documenting my experiences with the Hario Mini Mill that I obtained for over a month ago. Before the arrival of the Hario Mill, if I want to have coffee at school, I would have to pregrind the coffee...

What do you do with the last beans of a bag?

I was just finishing up a wonderful pound of Vivace Vita this morning and have enough beans left for two double shots of espresso and a little more. I really hate to toss out good beans and I am not...

Freezing Results

Whenever I order a 12oz bag of coffee I notice that while it’s good and fresh the first 7-9 days or so after the roast date, the quality starts to taper off quickly from there. The issue is it takes...

Unboxing a Frieling Press (17- 22 oz version)

The clean and break method for french press.

The clean and break method. This is a technique of producing excellent French press coffee with a little extra work, but hopefully a pay off in the cup. It was, as far as I can tell, made famous by world...

My coffee freezing 'technique'

Transparency of taste at all cost?

Transparency of taste at all cost? I recently heard an interesting discussion between coffee professionals that echoed conversations I had heard before. The trend in coffee these days is transparency. In particular the idea is that if you taste the...

Blogs on blogs

I don't drink much coffee these days but I still enjoy reading about it. Here are a few blogs that I enjoy looking at from time to time.* Bitterpress.comThis one is written by an Intelligentsia coffee professional, one of the...

The Chemistry of Coffee (specifically espresso)

To me, the process of preparing espresso is a highly scientific process; we want a machine that deliver stable temperature and pressure; we want to dose a precise amount of coffee and the coffee must be ground to a precise...

has Starbuck finally see the light?

Starbuck has been under the scrutiny of the coffee enthusiasts for the longest time due to their "different" approach to coffee. Most of their coffee are roasted very dark and coffee enthusiasts had come up with terms like "charbucks" to...

A few more popular drinks...

I wanted to mention a few of the drinks that are missed on Roaste popular drinks page. These are mostly standard drinks, so not brilliant insight on my part, just drinks that I don’t think should be missed. Here is...

Coffee with a view

I am in the midst of a few posts about my favorite coffee memories. The list will probably contain 5-10 memories at most, but who knows. It has been fun for me seeing one phase into the next. There have...

Metropolis Redline

What I'm Drinking (Klatch Coffee - Poizon)

This is the fourth post on the coffees I’m working my way through. This time it’s going to be Klatch’s limited edition blend Poizon (it’s no longer available, but I thought I’d post my thoughts for the next time they...

What foods are good with coffee?

Wine people talk about pairing different types of food with different types of wines for instances red wines like a merlot goes well with steak dinner or white wines goes well with seafood dishes. However, coffee enthusiasts general discuss less...

True love (coffee style)

I remember the day I went from like to love when it comes to coffee. This was long before I discovered the joys of espresso. I had oddly never drunk coffee or for the most part even caffeine when...

A brand new kind of nuance in my espresso.

A brand new kind of nuance in my espresso. I recently pulled a shot of espresso and it didn’t taste like any shot I had ever pulled before. It had undertones I did not detect before. Was that corn? Was...

Baratza – customer service that is in a league of its own.

Baratza – customer service that is in a league of its own. Not long after they came out with the Vario I was lucky enough to get one. It was better than I had expected right from the start. The...

The coffee shops on Memory Lane

As I have reflected on what brought on my espresso obsession, and some of the great experiences I have had drinking espresso at coffee shops, I remember 6-7 magical experiences and oddly most of them were not about great coffee,...

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