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Here are the Chazzano Coffee coffees that you can use for cold brewing:Ethiopia Washed Sidamo: Has luscious notes of chocolate and tart cherries. Even though it is against my coffee religion to put milk in coffee, with a splash of cream, the...

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Monday, May 16, is National Coffee Day in the US. On this day we celebrate coffee, and what's a better day of the week to celebrate our morning wakeup brew than a Monday!We have much to celebrate in coffee. This...

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A coffee used by one of our star coffee farmers Rusty's Hawaiian was used to win the US Barista Championship on Sunday in Houston TX.Pete Licata of Honolulu Coffee Company won the US Barista Championship.  /wp/wp-content/uploads/files/uploads/Screen_shot_2011-05-06_at_7_40_09_AM.jpg" width="150" height="150" border="20" align="left" />It's...

We just came back from the US Barista Championship, first Iinaugural Brewer's Cup Championship and SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) annual trade show in Houston. It was 3 days of non-stop coffee drinking and connections.  I drank like a...

It’s time to introduce you to John Muli, a World Barista Championship competitor who hails from Kenya and knows coffee inside and out. John grew up on a coffee farm and is familiar with all things related to coffee. As...

It isn’t everyday that you get to tell the world that your friend and colleague is a champion.  Today is one of those days.  If you haven’t already heard, the venerable Pete Licata, Director of Coffee Quality at Honolulu Coffee...

Recently a friend gave me a few packages of instant coffee. I am normally not a big fan of drinking instant but have had good luck in cooking and baking with it. I came across a recipe that looked intriguing...

With Mother’s Day approaching on Sunday, we might pause to consider how our mothers affected us in terms of our important interests in life. There’s no question that for most of us, our moms, or other mother figures such as...

If there is one thing this world has in common, it’s a flair for coffee. Today, it’s time to meet Raja Muthusamy, who hails from the UAE and is the RAW Coffee Company Training Manager. Raja was introduced to the...

Lockheed has its skunkworks that has designed some of the most innovaive military aircraft like the U-2, the supersonic SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk and F-2 Raptor.Stabucks has experimental 15th Avenue Coffee & Tea in Seattle where it is testing and...

Remember when Mr. Coffee was king? Joltin' Joe DiMaggio told us it was “good to the last drop” so it had to be true, right?  Time moves forward and Joltin' Joe has left and gone away, Hey, Hey, Hey –...

Mention imported artisanal foods in Kansas City Missouri and many locals will think of the Paris family. Known for their importing of specialty foods, they have one of the largest temperature-controlled green coffee storehouses in the US. Five years ago...

http://www.roaste.com/files/teaser.png" title="Bernard Muneri" align="left" hspace="10" /> Meet Bernard Muneri. He hails from South Africa, has been in the coffee industry for 4 years, and has quickly climbed the ranks. He started his career in coffee at TriBeCa Coffee Roasters as...

While cleaning out our garage the other day my wife found a wonderful looking old aluminum grease straining can left behind along with some other trinkets collected and forgotten by the previous owner.  Thankfully after inspecting her find, I saved...

Have not blogged in a while. Time to start again!I did a variation of an experiment I did last year. This time I used different types of water to make iced coffee in a “slow” method. I used rain water...

Easter: Renewal, Hospitality and Coffee Easter is coming this Sunday, so hopefully you have your coffees ready for the special meals, especially breakfast and brunch. This special day calls for special coffee, so here are some tips to inspire you:...

That is just the right expression for local consumption in Guatemala. A boom of coffee, not only because Starbucks’s opened  in El Salvador, November 2010, and now in Guatemala since  March 19th., but becasue coffee houses started to adjust their...

The primary difference between wood-roasting and conventional roasting (gas or electric) lies in the speed at which the internal temperature of the bean itself rises i.e. how quickly the temperature of the air in the roaster is transferred to the...