Coffee and mustard may not sound like go-togethers, but tonight's Easter ham. glazed with an apricot, coffee and mustard glaze was a big hit. In fact, I caught both boys licking the spoon after they stirred the glaze. This one...
Here I'm taking you from the Caribbean shores to the south of Colombia, very close to the border with Ecuador in the Departamento (Province, State) of Nariño, a little over 1000 Km (almost 650 miles) in a straight line.This region was...
Building an Espresso Shot with an HX machine: Nuova Simonelli Musica: a VideoI have been using several different kind of espresso machines since when I have started my journey into coffee including the humble small single boiler machine and then...
The official household coffee roaster About a week ago, I posted about the Congo coffee over at The Captain's Coffee and mentioned that I'd be picking some up when my paycheck came in. Well, it took me longer to get...
So in a recent post I mentioned how I was dealing with a lack of coffee. Now, a few days later, I actually have the opposite problem! There was some sort of mixup with a coffee order I placed...
File this one under "Holy cappuccino, Batman!" A company in Seattle has created an unmanned espresso machine that acccepts your coffee order via text and brews it up for you. Check out the report from Seattle's KOMO News: The company,...
I had been looking through some real old posts at some coffee sites this evening and one thing that really struck me is how far coffee has come in the past few years. This really applies in large part to...
Acatenango and Fuego volcanoes view from Santa Felisa´s wet mill. Visiting coffee farms during the harvest is for sure a rewarding experience. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Santa Felisa, located in Acatenango, department of Chimaltenango. This is in...
Hey guys, here’s another info-graphic I found: http://coffeecupnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/coffee.png This one is discussing the impact that coffee has had on America, and unlike the other one this one has sources listed at the bottom. The parts that I thought...
Discovered this one via Dear Coffee I Love You, one of my favorite non-ROASTe coffee blogs. This Steampunk coffee brewer will be featured at the April 19th SCAA Event in Portland. The video is your standard slick marketing video, but...
I’ve noticed a few people discussing coffee apps here and other places online, and I was wondering who used them. I’m also pretty big into tea, and for tea I think apps can be very helpful indeed. I have...
Revisiting Velton’s Bonsai Blend I have blogged in the past about Velton’s Bonsai Blend. It is no secret that I really like it. Somehow, however, with all the new coffees on Roaste.com I have ordered more coffee from Velton’s, but...
There has been a lot of good buzz about this Bonavita Coffee Maker from a variety of sources around the web and another blogger here at Roaste. I was very glad a while back when I saw that Speedwell Coffee...
It’s been a while since I’ve wrote a post. I usually try to knock out about 2-3 per week (obviously sometimes I have more to write about and sometimes less), and usually I try to get out a couple of...
Are you one of those people who has trouble making decisions before your first cup of coffee? Now there's a new Android coffee app that can help you make that all-important first decision of the day -- what kind of...
If you own a pump espresso machine, then backflushing is a maintainance step that you would have to do on a very regular basis. Sadly, this essential maintainance step is something a lot people forget to do and then they...
I really enjoy Velton's for the fact that he is always updating the coffees he has, and getting in a wide variety of coffees. So about two weeks ago when he updated with a new list of a few single...
I finally broke out the Brazilian Oberon coffee from The West Bean this morning, and I'm writing about it, as promised. This is the "great customer service" coffee -- the one that didn't reach me originally, and which The West...
Intro As I mentioned in the previous entry, I had a Cafeor pourover maker just not too long ago. For some reason, the coffee from the Cafeor has more edges and more lively than I am used to. It has...
I am always really surprised when a coffee gets much better after letting it rest a few days or so it seems.It's the funny thing with coffee that different beans are going to be afflicted different with the off gassing...
warrenski / Stock Photos Got coffee and sugar in your pantry? Then you have two of the three ingredients for one of the sweetest, most effective skin care concoctions I've ever used.True confession time. Winter is rough on my skin....
