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This is the second (and almost certainly last) in my series of posts on reasonably cheap ways to get into home roasting.  I found that doing so was fun and informative and I learned a lot about coffee, but I...

Along with getting a new espresso machine lately I also got something that I have been wanting for a while, a Hario V60 02. The other types of brewing methods that I have at my disposal are all kind of...

What are the cheapest ways to get into home roasting?  I have some favorite methods that I have never tried, but have always been fascinated by.  Most of them have some risk and probably should not be attempted in some...

The other day I decided to try filtered water versus non-filtered water for pour over coffee and the result was that the filtered water was better.  This is not shocking since that was what I also concluded drinking the water...

I have been saving this one for a while to write about, mainly because due to shipping delays I ended up with three bags of this coffee. So a big thanks goes to the excellent customer support of Aaron at...

Homogeneity in coffee blending I recently ordered Hobo Ed’s Railroad espresso.  I have just started pulling shots of it and am enjoying it and as I get to know it better I expect to post a review of it soon,...

Recently, I have been enjoying cold brewed coffee in the evening. Sometimes I incorporate it into a dessert, other times I have been drinking it straight up. The biggest problem I have had with cold brewed coffee is how long...

I think we may have a contender here for most efficiently (and also somewhat strangely) fulfilled online coffee order ever. Here’s the story as it unfolded with time stamps (EST) for dramatic effect. 1. Tues., 2/21, 10:26 a.m. I decide...

I have reasonable tap water at home, but filtered water does taste better here.  I posted a blog entry comparing the water available to me here…http://www.roaste.com/CoffeeBlogs/wakeknot/other-coffee-ingredient Today I wanted to compare the waters in coffee.  Obviously just because they taste...

According to the Mahogany Roasters web site the bag that showed up today is 100% Sumatra Mandheling coffee roasted with their secret Mahogany process. We think this will be the best Sumatran you ever have! A bold claim but if...

A while back, I posted about my upcoming social/coffee project in preparation for a conference here on campus. Well, I've got some good news and some bad news. Bad: I didn't get picked as a speaker. 140cuse will have some...

Prior to receiving the Vibiemme Jr HX, the only espresso machine that I have had a good amount of time with is the Gaggia Classic that is now sitting unused next to it's shiny breathren. One the hardest things that...

Previously, my old espresso set up (which I unfortunately can't find a picture of) was housed in a cramped space near my kitchen sink. When I recently upgraded, I thought the new setup would also fit in the same space....

a virtual poetry slam at the virtual coffee shop? In some sense I think of Roaste.com as my virtual coffee shop.  I can come here to get great coffee, great service, chat with friends and strangers, and learn about coffee....

It is fun to review high end products.  The have sizzle.  They have glamour, but what they do not have going for them is economy, of course.  In fact they often do not perform any better than their lower priced...

Imagine the expectation: An Indian marketing firm spent some time working on devising a technique that would enable newspaper copy to smell like the featured item. Last weekend they debuted their beautiful ad for Bru Gold coffee in the Sunday...

After a little over a week and saving a lot of ebeans over the months it has finally arrived, a Vibiemme Junior HX /files/u13866/vb_in_box.jpg" hspace="10" height="308" width="410" align="left" />I gotta say that I am almost rather embarrassed by receiving this...

Finally a mistake I do not regret. It seems like most of my posts these days are about mistakes I have made – you know the kind where you blow up a table saw while making a stand for your...

Back in December, there was the guy who completed a mural using a million coffee beans. Last month, the artsy-crafty blogs were all talking about "coffee cup art" -- filling Dixie cups with various shades of coffee, arranging them in...

This is a quick review of the iroast II roaster.  I got it a number of years ago from my wife as a present.  As such I have very carefully never found out what it costs, but my impression is...

There seems to be some sort of background discussion on coffee scores happening this week, with Mark Prince weighing in, as well as a few other bloggers and reviewers. Some are saying "simplify the system," others are saying "be more...