A hat tip to the UK Daily Mail for this Jimmy Kimmel video featuring his long-suffering security guard, Adelina. If you haven't seen it, it's an absolute must-watch. Take 4 minutes out of your Saturday morning to laugh. There are...
I think it is rather unforunate that to me all Kona Coffee means is this stuff at Jack-in-the-Box and I would suspect that it's becoming increasingly that way. It seems that all it takes is a little bit of Kona...
So, 2011 is six days over, but I just saw this post today about the coffees that James Hoffman drank in 2011 (plus the cool picture) and thought that it might be interesting to revisit what Iโve had the past...
After blogging about my espresso off of my new Elektra Karrde asked the excellent question about if there are not diminishing returns in espresso machines in terms of price and I replied that yes I thought there were and that...
/files/u5804/Captain_s_Torani_collage.jpg" height="249" width="431" /> Some of you may remember that right before the holidays I ordered a few unusual coffee-related items I thought might be coerced into some kind of uneasy union, namely Captainโs smoked applewood cold brew and a...
I wrote previously about needing to find a good decaf coffee due to my wife being pregnant, and due to one of those strange changes of taste from pregnancy she is disgusted by tea. Now while I have had previous...
Time for a report on coffee on the Elektra T1! Okay, I have posted a little bit about the T1 that Roaste helped me get, but I have not said much about the espresso.ย This is because I know that...
This is the sixth post on the coffees Iโm working my way through. Up this time is Higher Groundโs Black Warrior Riverkeeper roast. ย The bag is pretty snazzy as you can see and it does include a valve. One...
http://www.coffee-a-roma.com.au/shop/images/uploads/vario_burrs.jpg" height="390" width="332" />ย I have blogged in the past on Roaste about the Baratza Vario and the problem that I have with it:ย http://www.roaste.com/CoffeeBlogs/sontondaman/something-wrong-my-Varioย Basically, what happened was after a period of use (about six months) I notice that...
I am sure everyone that makes espresso at home probably has that one useless accessory that is just taking up valuable kitchen space or more importantly was just a waste of money. For me that one accessory without a question...
http://foter.com/img/photo/7/coffe-stains-5_l.jpg" class="foter-photo" style="display: block; width: 100%" /> Photo Credit: sotdina /Foter My mailbox has collected it's usual share of odd stories of coffee in the news, so I thought I'd share a few this morning. My personal favorite out of...
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/400816_10150448334768931_79226893930_8598979_1354457895_n.jpg" /> I closed my roaste store a couple weeks ago to move my operation to Stoudt's Wonderful Good Market near Reading, PA,home of fine artisan breads and cheeses, and a celebrated micro-brewery. ย I've moved in there, I'm back here,...
If scientists can get the technology just right, coffee will be giving us a lot of gas, and weโll love it. Thatโs syngas weโre talking about, aka synthetic gas, and it will hopefully contribute to the process of turning coffee...
So Starbucks is at it again, this time raising their prices see here. Pretty interesting that there would be some coffee in the news today in the Wall Street Journal. The above article that I liked from them is talking...
Old habits die hard. I have been in the habit for three years now of scanning Craigโs list nationally for good deals on espresso equipment.ย ย It paid off once in particular with a Super Jolly grinder that was like new...
Oh my! Let's see. Guatemala is ready for new trends on different segments of the market (and without doubting, the following could be applied for Central America and South America). First of all lets's take a look to growers and...
A while back I tried to make cold brew and the result was undrinkable. I know that some people swear by the results, and since then Iโve had the pleasure of drinking some good cold brew. So I decided last...
I have to admit that I do not normally take sugar or any other sweetener in my coffee most of the time. About the only time that I do sweeten my coffee is when I pour it over ice and...
Awhile ago, I posted a question here on Roaste about finding a suitable mug for the purpose of holding brewed coffee while travelling. I'm glad to report that I have obtained a mug that seem to work pretty well recently...
I believe itโs cathartic to discuss the silly things youโve done with your coffee. We all make mistakes! The key is to laugh them off, learn from them, and humbly but fearlessly move on. In that spirit, here are a...
For many, the new year means coming up with resolutions for making it a better year than the past one. Then there are those of us who refuse to bother with making more rules for ourselves, rules which more often...
