The Reading Room - All about fresh roasted coffee – Page 22

Impulse coffee buys

I am a gambler at heart. I will buy something based on the name alone. I was looking over a couple of purchases that I have made on Roaste and so far (knock on wood) my impulse buys have been...

Which other coffee-related sites do you visit?

A recent blog post by broseph on Able Brewing’s new DISK Fine made me wonder. I’ve been playing with (and enjoying!) my own DISK Fine prototype for almost a week now, but I’ve reserved most of my comments about it...

Able Disk (Fine) - First Impressions

Social media is what the gentlemen who broke with Intelligentsia in order to form Handsome Coffee used in order to build their brand. They had something called the "Handsome Wager," where they'd send their roasting samples to forty folks at...

Latitude 23.5 - Jamican Craze

I had been wanting to pick up Jamican Craze for a while as I have been intrigued by the flavored coffee that is offered by Latitude 23.5. I am not normally a flavored coffee person, but when it's done right...

Make my own coffee creamer

I remember a few weeks ago reading blogs about adding flavor and about coffee creamers. Yesterday I downloaded a book for my Kindle on DIY coffee creamer. I am not always a fan of creamers but this looked like fun...

What's the real story behind Supermarket coffee?

DIY Heat Gun and Metal Bowl Coffee Roasting

Chamie asked "What's your favorite roaster up to?" recently. I don't know to be honest. I do know what I have been up to recently - roasting with a heat gun and a metal bowl. I saw this method being...

What's Your Favorite Coffee Roaster Up To?

What do our favorite coffee roasters get up to when they're not firing up beans for our enjoyment? Well, if it's Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans, it could be just about anything... and it will almost always be fun. I'm...

Orphan Espresso Pharos #375 68mm Conical Burr Grinder - In The House!

Like most of us who enjoy espresso, I understand the importance of the grinder in the process. I have good grinders already, but there is a bit of mystque surrounding the 68mm conical burr set among the online espresso community....

A Good Day Start with Good Coffee

Today is good indeed even though I did not get enough sleep last night (only four hours of sleep per night has become quite typical for me in the week day). What make today so good is because I woke...

A Closer Look at the Text Espresso Machine

A couple of days ago, I posted about the TextSpresso machine developed by the tech and coffee geeks at Zipwhip -- you remember, right? The ultra-cool coffee machine that makes an espresso when you send it a text -- and...

Loosening Up

Back in my coffee geek days, I would get pretty doctrinaire about coffee preparation. That water's not hot enough! That grinder produces way too many fines! And so forth.But I'm still digging through a bag of pre-ground coffee--granted, not the...

P.T.'s Southpaw Espresso

I was really excited to see P.T.'s back here on Roaste, about two weeks ago and took no time to make an order with them. P.T.'s is one of those roasters that is held in high regard and so it's...

Coffee, that coy mistress

returns. I've more or less been away from coffee from the past few months, and it's nice to bring it back into my daily ritual. My first cup was stale pre-ground Starbucks Blonde in a papered Aeropress. It was delicious....

A cheap tin of grocery store ground coffee beside a premium sealed bag of specialty coffee on a dark surface

Coffee Price: What You're Actually Paying For in Every Bag

Coffee price is determined by a chain of decisions from farm to roaster to your door. Understanding what drives that price helps you evaluate whether you're paying for quality or just packaging. Here is what actually determines coffee price and how to calculate cost per cup.

Coffee: costs and price

Before I continue writing about the coffee growers, please allow me to divert a little to talk about the price of coffee. A few days ago, there was a blog here, which reflected concern about the relatively high current price...

Coffee and kindness

I know it’s been said many times, but it’s worth saying again: coffee tends to bring out the best in people. As with any blanket statement, there are exceptions—some to be found on coffee-related forums among those afflicted with lastworditis....

Coffee characteristics

Maybe someone can help me. I had attended a coffee cupping some 6 months ago, what an eye opening experience. One of the charcteristics that came through with one of the cuppings was the smell / scent of fermenting grain. I...

Do you bring coffee with you?

Over this Easter weekend I was out visiting family, judging by the traffic on the freeway this evening I wasn't alone. Something that I really struggle with is whether or not to bring coffee with me, when I visit people....

Easter Dinner: Coffee-Mustard Glazed Ham

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...

Colombian coffee: Nariño

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...

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