From my previous blogs, I have indicate that beside enjoying artisan roasted coffee, I also enjoying roasting my own coffee. For one thing, roasting my own coffee had made me appreciate how much work it is to actually goes into...
It seem to me that for a lot of coffee enthusiasts, after a periods of enjoying coffee whether it is drip brewed, french pressed or in moka pots, there will be a certain point where they want to acquire an...
Coffee roasters this season find themselves in the midst of making a hard decision which involves guessing how clients will respond to an Arabica shortage. Ultimately, it’s the consumer who will determine whether the right choice was made or not....
I'm not sure if this clip from Bodum sends quite the message the company wants to send. Watch and judge for yourself. The new Bodum Bistro Pourover coffee machine is an "updated" version of the automatic drip coffee maker that...
I have written in the past about the various espresso baskets that I have gotten over the past month or so. I was searching for something at the time that would give me something to experiment with and hopefully improve...
When you see a bag with the words Kona coffee blend on it, what does it bring to mind? Do you assume most of the beans in the blend were grown in the Kona region? What percentage? This question and...
In one of the newest news stories here on Roaste I could not help to notice the link of a S.O espresso by Paradise roasters at the bottom of the page, India Sitara. The real interesting thing about this espresso...
I got lucky this weekend and got my hands on a workable digital camera (thanks to a writing client who wants coffee how-tos with pictures), so I thought I'd practice by sharing a little amateur coffee porn. This was my...
This blog started as an answer to the question asked in a blog here on ROASTe. In short, the blogger asks if someone is ever satisfied with their espresso gear – is enough ever enough? Is enough ever enough? It...
There is an interesting side to coffee that I was really unaware of until probably two or so years ago when I started looking at getting an espresso machine, the hobby side. I think that is a fair way to...
So, I noticed this article detailing the shortage of Arabica beans on the Wall Street Journal site earlier today and thought it might be interesting to discuss in a blog post. I’m not really sure the details on Arabica vs....
The extraction method matters when picking the ideal temperature for brewed coffee. After Scott Lush’s surprising and insightful post about water temperature (no it was not surprising that he was insightful – it was just a post that was insightful...
A defect in coffee which has been called “potato taste” has surfaced in Rwanda and is threatening the coffee there. It seems pests can cause taste changes in plants. For example, the stink bug, while feeding on the plant, can...
This suddenly hit me yesterday as I was drinking my espresso, that I had not made a milk based espresso drink for myself in over a week. I had also had yesterday five shots of espresso and of those only...
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A while back I read a blog post here talking about the Mypressi Twist. Since then I’ve researched it exhaustively and determined that I would purchase one as my first espresso machine.Ok, I didn’t so much research it exhaustively as...
India is giving its coffee farmers subsidies for green technology used in coffee farming. The request for subsidies is being considered for farmers who use eco pulpers and worm compost beds so that they will have the necessary help pay...
I ordered this coffee (using e-beans so thanks ROASTe) as a present for my brother. I posted about this coffee in another earlier blog back on December 15th and finally ordered it on December 25th. The beans arrived on the...
This whole week I have been drinking a coffee from Rwanda with the cool name of Abakundekawa and I'm reminded again of why this is absolutely one of my most favorite coffee. This coffee was obtained in green form and...
There are a lot of places out on the internet that will tell you how to make coffee and if you do a search of YouTube you can find even more that will show you to make coffee, however they...
Last week, I announced the arrival of my new espresso machine. Granted, the Espressione Squissita Plus doesn't rank up there with the Pavonis and Elektras and lovely high-end machines that others have managed to acquire, but it IS the first...
