The Reading Room

Reading Roaste blogs really pays off! I have always wanted the “Illy Nude cups” that came out a number of years back.  You often see photos of them in prominent places including on the cover of Illy’s famous coffee book...

Deep cello made my day I recently ordered my first bag of Deep Cello coffee.  I have read lots of good things on here and they have been active on Roaste.com, so I have wanted to order some for a...

Today, I have sometime to myself and decided to dig out in the coffee toy pile this, http://spacemaker.spacemaker-coffeemaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Yama-vacuum-coffee-maker.jpg" width="185" height="240" /> This is the Yama vaccumm pot coffee brewer (also known as siphon brewer) that I have purchase a while...

One of the New Year's resolutions that was raised by another coffee fiend was to try and sip their coffee in the morning as oppose to mindless drink the brew down as they get ready for their day. So I...

When I first got my La Pavoni Europiccola last March (almost our anniversary!), I was living with my parents while waiting to hear back about grad school. They live in one of the better suburbs of Syracuse, and have pretty...

Milk drinks change what a coffee needs. How roast level and drink ratio work together, and how to adjust a shot so it holds up under milk.

The right coffee maker depends on what you prioritize: convenience, cup quality, volume, or cost. There are 5 main types , drip machine, single-serve pod, French press, pour over, and AeroPress , and each produces a different result. This guide covers what each one does and how to choose.

A quick coffee still beats a rushed one. How to rank brew methods by the minutes you have, and what to prepare the night before.

Iced coffee is not just hot coffee poured over ice. Three methods produce completely different results: cold brew, Japanese iced pour over, and iced drip. Each uses a different extraction approach, takes different time, and delivers a different cup. This guide covers how each works and which to use.

One of my favorite places to get a cup of coffee is at a diner one busy morning. The reason being that not only is there something just nice about getting coffee with friends or family over breakfest, but also...

Starbucks aims to hit the mark, well the Target anyway. I blogged the other day about Starbucks starting to serve drinks like wine and beer at their shops and how this surprised me a little, but how it made sense...

Since we started ROASTe, I've sampled probably 250+ coffees and consumed about 2,000 cups of coffee.  Prepared by every conceivable method -- Aeropress, Chemex, Clover, hand-lever espresso machine, super-automatic espresso machine,  siphons, french presses, the ordinary drip coffee machine and...

Brewing coffee at home costs a fraction of buying out. How to work out your own cost per cup, and make-ahead options for the office.

One of my jobs is as a cook/butcher, but occasionally I'm asked to work our coffee bar. In the late afternoon, between the shift change for our baristas there is a small rush. During these times, I have been asked...

Anyway so today I saw that someone had lost the use of their auto-dripper, and unfortunately it was their only device for brewing coffee. However, one of the best things that a person can have to use to make coffee...

Yesterday I talked about my coffee learning experience thus far: Education through going to coffee shops, drinking and asking questions. Eventually, I also bought a Rancilio Silvia and Cunil Tranquillo to keep on learning and expand my repertoire. As I...

It's always a wonderful thing when you get that fresh bag of coffee in the mail. Sometimes, though, your shipments of treats and goodies all converge and wind up on your doorstep at once. And what an extra special occasion...

 How much caffeine is in your coffee depends on more than the roast level. Coffee species, dose, brew method, grind size, and water contact time all affect caffeine content. These 5 factors explain what actually determines how much caffeine ends up in your cup.

My drip coffee maker stopped working. Waah! Since I do not have any other coffee makers (my french press broke) I was not sure what alternatives I had. I remembered reading articles about "camping" coffee so looked online and deciced...

Coffee pods trade control for convenience. What single serve does well, where it falls short, and why the format suits limited hand strength.