Have you heard WINE enthusiasts describe wines with bewildering language like "Up front, with green apple, melon and butter hints. Just tangy enough on the finish to keep it all honest?" Sometimes wine reviews don't make a lot of sense,...
If you haven’t finished your New Year’s toasting, you may consider making a toast in honor of the animals that have changed history. After all, it was a group of bears who discovered aspirin - and that is bear, not...
My Solofill adapter for Keurig brewers arrived today - It is the eight hole "Octaflo System" model (missing the middle hole - a common manufacturing problem with these adapters). I will try it before deciding whether to convert to the "Octaflo-Plus...
Dried strawberries, notes of crushed rosemary, 61.5% cacao in the finish.I'm ambivalent about tasting notes. They're helpful for obvious commercial reasons. Whereas certain large-scale roasters may not be able to get away with anything more specific than "bold," a quality...
/files/u3017/87_kenya.jpg" align="left" height="180" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="279" />Kenya has plenty to offer the traveler investigating historical colonial cities, discovering the beauty of Masai Mara, or trekking the winding paths of Mount Kenya. For the coffee enthusiast, the highlands and farmland surrounding...
There are quite a few ways that I make iced coffee, which I happen to think is delicious even in the middle of winter. The following is not my favorite method--might do a post on that later--but it can be...
Martha Stewart coffee is now available on ROASTe.com! We’ve just added Antica Tostatura Triestina - normally called Antica Espresso – a very special coffee because it’s wood roasted with beechwood. Today, Tuesday, December 21, Martha will be featuring Antica’s new...
Purchasing your coffee whole bean and fresh produces a superior cup of coffee, regardless of your favorite brewing method. The aromas and tastes will strike your senses and awaken you to a truly better world. However, when the last drop...
You know, for local consumption in Guatemala City, this may sound like a good strategy. More places where coffee is served, more possibilities for people to choose the profile they like the most.Guatemala is well known for producing some of...
George Howell's Terroir Coffee hosted a cupping this past weekend at Boston University. Here are some insights.By background, George is a legend in the specialty coffee business and one of the pioneers of gourmet coffee in the US. He was...
A couple of small American companies have been very progressive in bringing out high-quality metal filters for pourover. Coava in Portland has received a lot of love for their K-one, and they just unrolled a metal filter for Aeropress as...
In 1844 blight spread across Ireland’s white potato crop and destroyed it entirely, within a 1-2 year period. This catastrophe resulted in the death of over a million people due to famine. In the hundred years prior to the Great...
/files/u1508/Drinking_Chocolate.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="400" />If you are looking for something to warm you up, this holiday season, and you enjoy both coffee and chocolate this may be just the beverage for you. Coffee Infused Drinking Chocolate: 1 - Bag Ghirardelli...
Dedicated Readers of this blog (hahaha...) may recall that I promised that I would devote a post to vac pot brewing. WHERE IS IT, my cherished Readers ask me. Reams, no veritable bales of digital paper have been wasted as...
My interest in hand grinding beans for my coffee has lead me into a land of myth, anecdote and folklore with little hard data to support what, if any, manual grinder is worth owning to use on a daily basis.Most...
The holiday season is notorious for overeating and indulging in foods and treats that are high in sugar and fats. It doesn’t have to be that way, if we pick some healthy foods which can also be fixed in festive...
Brewing at home is a comfy experience for me. I've got beans that I like, equipment that I know the quirks of, and various amusement-park mugs with my name on them. That said, I know that I'm not making the...
/files/u3017/irishcoffee.jpg" height="129" width="190" align="left" />When a beleaguered group of American travelers collapsed into seats at Foynes (Shannon International Airport) the head chef decided to spruce up their coffee a bit. He served their coffee with a bit of Irish whiskey...
I have given coffee as gifts several times. To me it is a universal gift that works for any occasion (birthday, Christmas, Hanukkah – any time you wish to give something). For a friend’s birthday a couple of years ago...
How can the “Micro-Roasters”, and local coffee shops, compete with the “Mega-Chain” roasters and coffee franchises? In this age of mass production, mass consumption and constant inundation, by mass advertising, how can the “Little Fish” swim among the “Sharks” (or...
Pour-over isn't new. My grand-dad made Chemex back in the day and one-cup Melitta has been a staple in my supermarket for as long as I can remember. What's kind of new is a new style of pourover that I...
