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What do you do with the last beans of a bag?

I was just finishing up a wonderful pound of Vivace Vita this morning and have enough beans left for two double shots of espresso and a little more. I really hate to toss out good beans and I am not...

Do-It-Yourself Coffee Like a Pro

One of the top ten beverage trends of the year is “do-it-yourself flavor”. An Iowa news service, citing the Food Channel as its source, goes on to state that consumers are making personalized specialty drinks as good as any from...

Freezing Results

Whenever I order a 12oz bag of coffee I notice that while it’s good and fresh the first 7-9 days or so after the roast date, the quality starts to taper off quickly from there. The issue is it takes...

Unboxing a Frieling Press (17- 22 oz version)

French press brewing setup with freshly roasted whole coffee beans and a ceramic coffee mug on a wooden countertop.

Clean Break Method: How to Brew Better French Press Coffee

Master the clean break method to brew cleaner French press coffee with less sediment and balanced flavor using a few simple brewing techniques.

My coffee freezing 'technique'

Transparency of taste at all cost?

Transparency of taste at all cost? I recently heard an interesting discussion between coffee professionals that echoed conversations I had heard before. The trend in coffee these days is transparency. In particular the idea is that if you taste the...

Blogs on blogs

I don't drink much coffee these days but I still enjoy reading about it. Here are a few blogs that I enjoy looking at from time to time.* Bitterpress.comThis one is written by an Intelligentsia coffee professional, one of the...

The Chemistry of Coffee (specifically espresso)

To me, the process of preparing espresso is a highly scientific process; we want a machine that deliver stable temperature and pressure; we want to dose a precise amount of coffee and the coffee must be ground to a precise...

has Starbuck finally see the light?

Starbuck has been under the scrutiny of the coffee enthusiasts for the longest time due to their "different" approach to coffee. Most of their coffee are roasted very dark and coffee enthusiasts had come up with terms like "charbucks" to...

A flat white and latte side by side on a cafe counter showing the size difference between the two milk espresso drinks

Espresso Drinks: 8 Classic Drinks, What They Are, and How They Differ

Every espresso drink on a cafe menu is a variation on one base: a double shot of espresso extracted at 9 bars, 93°C, in 25 to 30 seconds. What changes is the volume, the milk ratio, and the extraction length. This guide covers the 8 classic espresso drinks , from ristretto to latte , with the exact ratio, flavor profile, and what makes each one different.

Coffee with a view

I am in the midst of a few posts about my favorite coffee memories. The list will probably contain 5-10 memories at most, but who knows. It has been fun for me seeing one phase into the next. There have...

Metropolis Redline

a pale, weak cup of coffee next to a rich one

Weak Coffee: Causes and Simple Fixes

Weak coffee tastes thin and watery, usually from under-extraction or too few grounds. Learn the causes and 5 simple fixes for a bolder cup.

What foods are good with coffee?

Wine people talk about pairing different types of food with different types of wines for instances red wines like a merlot goes well with steak dinner or white wines goes well with seafood dishes. However, coffee enthusiasts general discuss less...

Kenyan Coffee Farmers Ignore Coffee Act

Coffee may be turning into the latest illegally traded commodity. Illegal selling is a problem that seems to naturally develop any time a product is in great demand. Kenyan coffee growers are succumbing to this temptation of illegal coffee trade,...

True love (coffee style)

I remember the day I went from like to love when it comes to coffee. This was long before I discovered the joys of espresso. I had oddly never drunk coffee or for the most part even caffeine when...

A brand new kind of nuance in my espresso.

A brand new kind of nuance in my espresso. I recently pulled a shot of espresso and it didn’t taste like any shot I had ever pulled before. It had undertones I did not detect before. Was that corn? Was...

One Coffee Pod Too Many

Sometimes trying to emulate a successful product ends in failure. What works in one coffee maker doesn’t always work in another. Take the experience of Marcilla, for example, a loose coffee supplier who tried to capitalize on the pod coffee...

Baratza – customer service that is in a league of its own.

Baratza – customer service that is in a league of its own. Not long after they came out with the Vario I was lucky enough to get one. It was better than I had expected right from the start. The...

The coffee shops on Memory Lane

As I have reflected on what brought on my espresso obsession, and some of the great experiences I have had drinking espresso at coffee shops, I remember 6-7 magical experiences and oddly most of them were not about great coffee,...

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