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Have you ever wished you could visit coffee shops in other parts of the world? If your budget doesn’t allow for that, you can travel virtually and still learn some ways to spice up your normal coffee experience. Talk about...

 French press coffee produces a bold, full-bodied cup with no paper filter. This guide covers ratio, grind size, steep time, and how to fix common problems.

As a creature of pure habit, I had been content using big double baskets filled with fluffy coffee powder spilling out in wanton excess and crema filled shot glasses dripping gleefully down the cup onto the saucer below - I...

The paparazzi have been busy this week, following celebrities with coffee in their hands. Coffee in the hands of stars is HOT- not only in temperature, but as news. There are many “sightings” which frequently make the news in the...

/files/u5804/photo-55.jpg" height="500" width="441" /> One of Nick Cho's tweets yesterday made me laugh. It was a picture of some pourover cones being put to an extremely creative use at the dinner table--namely, as French fry servers, complete with filter paper...

As I mentioned in the first part of this review, I had the opportunity to take the Bonavita BV-1800 automatic coffee brewer over to a friend's house to brew some test pots for comparison of time and taste results between this...

On a mountaintop far, far away is a village, and in that village grows coffee on twenty or so hectares of land. This village on Taiwan is home to the Tsou tribespeople. The people have the coffee but not the...

http://foter.com/img/photo/4/denver-post-warm-hands-warmer-heart-awww_l.jpg" style="display: block; width: 100%" class="foter-photo" /> ~ggvic~ /Foter My Google "coffee" feed always dredges up a few news stories in which coffee is only a tangential player -- that is, stories in which coffee is mentioned even though the...

I am putting the finishing touches on the second part of my Bonavita brewer vs. the Technivorm blog so think of this one as the half time show or intermission. I seem to be on a Melitta related theme lately...

Product review the Jennings pocket scale.  I love this little scale.  I use it many times a day and not just for coffee.  It has a few great features.  The model I have in mind is the Jennings JS150V and...

I thought it would be a good time to talk about my experience with the Capresso Infinity burr grinder. It's the time of year that we are buying gifts for a lot of people and we want to make sure...

http://www.coffeebreak2day.com/images/keep-cup.png" hspace="10" height="321" border="5" align="left" width="301" vspace="10" title="keep cup picture" alt="keep cup picture" />So, one of my favorite things about coffee people is that they are good-hearted and truly charitable in ways that go far beyond dropping a bill in...

Pulling espresso at home comes down to 5 variables: grind size, dose, tamp pressure, water temperature, and extraction time. Get all 5 right and every shot pulls correctly. This guide covers each variable, what it does, and how to diagnose a bad shot.

Product review Revol Froisses Espresso Crinkle Cups I went to a café a few weeks ago and they served me a cup of coffee out of a crushed disposable plastic cup.  I was shocked.  I steeled myself to make a...

Photo Credit: One of a Kind Baskets /Foter It's that time of year and all over the country, people who count coffee lovers among their loved ones are buying BAD COFFEE GIFTS™ that are destined to be regifted. What's worse...

Every so often I like to play coffee Santa and dole out gifts using my spare eBeans. I’ve decided to get my friend an Aeropress—since I’ve enjoyed mine quite a bit in the short time I’ve owned it—but I need...

What is the big deal about water temperature - if you brew coffee with water that is too hot you just have to wait longer for it to cool down, right? Wrong - you use water that is too cool...

What would comprise the ultimate home coffee cart? (or at least a functional one). This is what has been on my mind lately – I want a coffee cart at home.  This is not just because I want a cart,...

Should coffee shops go to the dogs? According to several articles online, coffee lovers are divided over whether dogs should be allowed in coffee shops. Or should we say, US coffee lovers are divided, because pets of restaurant patrons in...

All of us have a unique story surrounding that first cup of coffee. Perhaps it was a profound experience that opened our eyes to gourmet beans for the first time. It could simply be a moment of need, when work...