The Reading Room

Yes, the results of this little competition among an arbitrary collection of blends are in. To preview, none of the three challengers could beat my [recent] memory of PT's B-Ville House Drip, but the ranking I ended up with for...

Speaking of the recent comment by one of our bloggers about topping off you morning coffee instead of starting with a new cup, it reminded me of an article that I came across the other night about sloshing coffee in...

My dad seems to have a cup of coffee that lasts all day. When the level goes down he "tops it off" and if it gets cold he warms it up via microwave. My coffee has never lasted that long...

Yesterday morning I tasted two Colombian coffees side by side. Whereas Colombians are studies in simple balance, Africans often dazzle me with their dynamic, fruit-like acidity. They often taste less like coffee than like juice, which is perfectly alright by...

Colombian coffees are dependable staples in my coffee rotation. I expect medium, and I usually get it--medium body, medium acidity, a little honey, a spot of orange/lemon. In the March 2012 edition of Coffee Review, Ken Davids lamented this year's Colombian...

Lately I’ve been brewing with the Eva Solo during the day and the Aeropress at night for an evening cup once the kids are down. As I’ve mentioned before, my usual practice with the “Aeropress + DISK Fine” combo is...

Guilty confession time. I still occasionally grab a bag of supermarket coffee when I go shopping. I grew up on Eight O'Clock Coffee -- and I do mean I grew up on it. It was the signature coffee sold by...

There are many ways to make iced coffee, and every summer there seems to be online discussion about the best way to make it. One barista has written a technical account for why cold-brewed iced coffee works well. Cold-brew is where...

While drinking great coffee at home is pretty easy to do when you pick out a good roaster, or some nice green beans to roast on your own and then brewing it fresh getting it's easy, BUT that exception cup...

Early last week I blogged about how Jay Caragay (of Spro) had become the first ever U.S. Aeropress Champion at SCAA 2012, doing Baltimore proud and raking in some sweet prizes along the way. Writing up that post and responding...

This past weekend I had the great experience of meeting with some like minded coffee enthusiasts from my area. It was nice to talk to other people that are probably as crazy about coffee as I am if not more...

True confession: I have never played any of the GTA franchise of games. I'm a text game baby, and I don't really care a whole lot for graphical games. Not to mention, the game premise just never really appealed to...

**BEEP**  **BEEP**  **BEEP**This is a test of the emergency eBeans system. I repeat, this is only a test. If this had been a true eBeans emergency, the attention signal you just heard would have been followed by official information, news,...

So as some of you may already know my wife is pregnant and has not been drinking a lot of coffee as of late. However, for whatever reason she has been much more interested in it recently and been having...

As some of you have gathered by now from my blog posts, I’m a fan of the press-style coffee I get from my Eva Solo(s) (aka Café Solos). But I don’t see this zippered brewer through rose-colored glasses. I know...

If you thought you were being creative with your coffee grounds when you dumped them in your compost heap or turned them into coffee scrub, wait till you get a load of what Raul Lauri does with his. The talented...

For two whole days, I have not ingested any form of caffeine.  The result has been similar to that of Elaine in Seinfeld after she swore off, umm, "intimacy" to win a bet.  I feel as though a fog has set in...

 I have own a number of espresso machines but there are two machines that I'm really lust after and I imagine that is ttrue for most espresso enthusiasts as well: these are the Olympia Cremina and the La Marzocco GS3....

I don’t mean that coffee, itself, is a little thing. But little touches with respect to coffee and the gear I use to brew it are very much appreciated. What follows is a partial list of some of these that...

Umm so where do I find that dead horse to kick because I am about to do so.It should almost go without saying that the biggest improvement that anyone can do to their home coffee making is buying a nice...

There has been a lot of talk about the SCAA event that was Portland, OR about a week ago. As a basic recap, it's an expo for specialty coffee there they have a variety of awards that are handed out...