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Some call it Turkish coffee, some Arab coffee, some Cowboy coffee, while others know it as Swedish coffee. The similarity between them all is in the brewing; they're all brewed by boiling fine grounds in water right over the stove....

This one doesn't need a disclaimer -- but it did catch my attention because the "experimental technique" that Nick uses in this is awfully familiar to me. Watch: Note the spoon. I bought my first manual drip coffee cone for...

The blogs call him "celebrity coffee bad boy", a D.C. columnist refers to him as a "tax scofflaw" and the D.C. coffee scene knows him as the former owner of the city's Murky Coffee. Nick Cho was forced to shut...

I came across a comment written by Jon Danzig on a previous post about coffee prices and a little bit on how increased prices can help a coffee farmer, as seen here. What Mr Danzig left in the comment portion...

We’re all familiar with the idea and concept of a customer loyalty card. You get rewarded by visiting the same shop day after day and eventually earn yourself a free drink. The problem with this concept is that you end...

If you’re a coffee loving Jimmy Choo fan, you may be interested in one of his latest creations. The designer who has become famous for his shoe and accessory innovations has turned his attention to coffee items. Well, at least...

I’ve had an Esatto now for about a month. While it works well paired with my Preciso, I’m in a bit of a love-hate relationship with this grinding combo. at the moment. Here I’ll briefly explain why and make a...

/files/u14133/12202011121.jpg" width="375" height="500" />  I was blogging about how much I enjoyed the Costa Rican Fruita De Oro, which is a wet processed coffee as an Aeropress brew here:  http://www.roaste.com/CoffeeBlogs/sontondaman/What-Im-Drinking-Costa-Rican-Fruita-De-Oro . Yesterday and today I have been brewing and drinking this...

If you read some of my previous blogs or that of others you are well aware that there are a lot of things that you can buy to go along with your espresso machine, one of the things that I...

One of the things that is often overlooked in the Aeropress preparation method is the amount of pressure applied to the device. If you look at several of the methods out there they’ll say things like “slow and consistent” but...

A battle raging in Kenya between police, farmers, smugglers, business people, and governmental officials demonstrates how corruption and greed become involved as soon as a commodity goes high demand. The stuff of action movies, it’s a drama played out in...

It can be funny that when you purchase a espresso machine that cost hundreds of dollars there are a lot of little things that you need to buy to go with it and some it is not merely just for...

Yesterday a new American reality show featuring baristas made the news. Today, from an article on Balita online, we find out that coffee programming is old news in S. Korea. As another Asian country finds its coffee demand skyrocketing, when...

My parents came to visit recently.  My mother is a camera buff and she brought her camera as always.  I went out to help unload the car.  I confess that this was not a quick process.  They had quite a...

Eager anticipation I am eagerly awaiting my new Elektra T1 from Roaste.com. It is due tomorrow some time.  This is a big machine.  In fact my biggest concern about it is that it may in fact be too big for...

it had been about four days already of agony, because I have been having a bad canker sore inside my mouth that made enjoying hot cup of coffee or a hot shot of espresso imposible.  It is a very horrible...

Remember the old TV sitcoms which focused on the 50’s diner setting, in which the waitresses were the stars? Now comes a modern, 21st century version that is no longer the sitcom, but the popular “reality show” genre. The coffee...

OK, we've all heard about the power of brand; that a brand can change the fortunes of a company or product.  Yeah, kinda sorta so what.Over the last year, the co-founders of Deep Cello have worked fun to create fun...