I just realized that this is the first week of 2012 during which I didn’t receive any new coffees! Well, unless you count single-serve. A shipment of Fratello coffee pods from the Coffee Artisan did arrive Monday, and a box...
About a month ago a online blogger Daelyn Fortney, from This Dish is Veg, received a reported from a reader that Starbucks had begun using red dye from crushing beetles to create a natural product. The dye was ending up...
A burr grinder produces more consistent grounds than a blade grinder, and consistency is what separates a good cup from a great one. Here are the 5 factors that actually matter when choosing a burr grinder for home brewing.
My suspicion of decaf coffee is only heightened by the rhetoric used to defend it."This decaf is not like other decafs.""This decaf is nearly indistinguishable from regular coffee."And so forth.The language assumes in advance an objection...and with good reason. Most...
With Mother's Day coming up I am looking for something nice to get my Grandmother. She likes coffee but tends to go to instant. Her instant of choice is Taster's Choice. She does not like the Starbucks. Part of why...
Today I rolled the dice. Bid on an old Cona tabletop on Ebay, a post-war model, that doesn't have a filter or burner. But, for less than the price a new Yama, I thought it was worth a shot just...
Whether you are making your first cup or rebuilding your coffee routine from scratch, this guide covers every brew method, the universal variables that affect every cup, and how to fix the most common problems.
When do coffees come into season? Does anyone know when coffees from the different regions come into season, I would assume that not all coffees become available at the same time. I have seen out of stocks on several coffees...
USDA Organic coffee certification means the coffee was grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers for at least three years. Here is what the certification actually covers, what it does not cover, and how to read it on a bag.
One of the nice things about making coffee at home is the ability to adjust your coffee to your own preferences. One of my own preferences is to make a very low amount of coffee for drip brewing. When I...
It’s been my experience that coffees are finicky with respect to brew method. I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve said something like “coffee X was fine in the Clever but really shone as a pourover,” etc.,...
I play an online video game called Lord of the Rings Online. (I love this game!). What I find funny is that you can grow coffee in the game, process the beans and create something called "Second Breakfast Blend" coffee....
Specialty coffee is a specific grade classification , not a marketing term. The Specialty Coffee Association scores green coffee on a 100-point scale. Only coffee scoring 80 or above qualifies as specialty grade. Here is what that standard means and why it matters to the cup you brew.
So I ordered a pouring kettle directly from a Japanese shop. It was fun! As far as online shopping goes. It was a bit of a minefield navigating those address boxes but somehow, and for a mere, $20 bucks or...
From Google image search for Trifecta MB -- this does my heart proud.Sleep DeprivationAs the wee hours ticked by since my first taste of coffee on the Trifecta MB Friday evening, I could barely wait until breakfast time, when I would...
