Hey guys, I’ve mentioned before that I seldom order the same coffee twice, because I like to try new blends and roasts. So every time I get ready to order new coffee I tend to do a little bit of...
Stumptown hairbender If there were one coffee that Roaste does not carry, but that I wish they did, this would be it. It is an amazing coffee. Equally amazing to me is the fact that I did not like it...
Someone once asked where we’ll find Pumpkin Pie next? Well… Pumpkin Pie is hitting the streets, He’s full of tricks, but off to get treats! With his ghostly costume and Mom by his side, He’s bound to come home with...
Intelligentsia Pasadena 55 E Colorado Intelligentsia is often credited for single-handedly changing L.A. coffee culture for the better in one fell swoop when they opening their stunning Silver Lake location in 2007. They followed up with a cooly off-the-wall bar...
There are some day when all of your shot making comes out great, the quality of the espresso are great and there are days where you just try everything but a great shot just ellude you. Yesterday was that day...
What is it about Vivace Dolce that makes it so visually distinctive? I really like Vivace Dolce and it is a first class espresso. It is on par with some of the best roasters on Roaste such as Paradise, Klatch,...
Cool tool report – Cafelat grouphead brush. This is a tool that I would have never bought if it was not offered on Roaste, but on the other hand it was a tool I always wanted. It is available at...
This morning I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to make coffee. Which these days has become one of my morning habits. So later in the day while running around town I stopped in at Panera Bread and...
I have been using the vietnamese phin coffee maker since forever for making authentic vietnamese coffee drink. Yet it has not occur to me that I can also make drip coffee from it. So I search around in my cupboard...
Controlling temperature on an HX is the subject of much fear. How do you control temperature on a heat exchanger machine? You cannot just set the temperature with a PID like you can on a double boiler, or even on...
Okay so an HX machine is not a dual boiler and it is not a single boiler. What is it a triple boiler? A zero boiler? Some fractional boiler? No it is in some sense just a very smart single...
Be wary (and weary) of dogma passed as learned knowledge - a Ford family car and a race car can both have a gas engine, but comparison between the two is more fruitful after lifting the hood to see what...
Hi-Rise 1663 Mass, Cambridge Go to Hi-Rise Bread...for the coffee! Hi-Rise has a few locations in the area and just opened a very nice space north of Harvard Law. It's my little oasis post-class. When I say "just opened,"...
Simon's Coffee. 1736 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. Simon's is a Cambridge institution at this point. Walk in and you'll see the same old regulars lingering over the paper, plus a bunch of students doodling in notebooks. It's not a welcoming...
Mostly, not entirely. I gave up coffee and felt great; then, I gave in and didn't feel so great. I still pick up a few espressos each week; I've got some great baristas in the neighborhood and it's hard to...
You just can’t trust them - by them I mean those who recommend coffee shops to you when you are not sure if they care about coffee or not. I was travelling to Asheville for the day meeting a friend...
I live in a small apartment with a small kitchen so I recently moved my coffee making equipment to a small kitchen cart. I've been using the Bygel utility cart by Ikea for about one month now, so I thought that I'd write...
Ok, so I posted late last night about the results of the 2011 World Aeropress Championships and commented on Jeff Verellen’s method. But last night it was way too late to have a cup of coffee (I was up too...
I blogged the other day about my WBE espresso and I have gotten both great and not so great shots. The not so great ones fall at my own feet for blame, not the blend. The first great shot was...
If you decide that a single boiler is not for you the next obvious thing to think up is a double boiler. You have two boilers. The first is dedicated to espresso and the second to steaming. How can this...
Today they announced Jeff Verellen as the winner of the Aeropress World Champion 2011. The technique that I use I adapted from the winners of the 2010 competition and so I thought it might be interesting to discuss Jeff Verellen’s...
