Posted on November 11, 2010 by Mike
The brand new WTF Coffee Lab in Fort Greene, BK offers what is arguably the most diverse coffee menu in NYC today. Not in terms of the coffee itself, but in the variety of brew methods available. There are actually two menus to choose from, one listing the five options of espresso based beverages available [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2010 by Mike
Last week The Oregonian published an article romanticizing the trend towards manual pourover. Featured are folks from notable companies such as Water Avenue, Café Vélo, and Coava Coffee.
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Posted on October 29, 2010 by Mike
Check out Wikipedia. They’ve gone all MoJo on us. Last edited on March 28th, 2010. But by who?
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Posted on October 28, 2010 by Mike
I went to The Great Coffee Debate today, sponsored by illy, and held at the International Culinary Center. It was moderated by Corby Krummer, the Senior Editor of Atlantic Monthly
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Posted on October 27, 2010 by Mike
So far 2010 really has been the year of the video. Here’s another great one featuring the Aeropress, Tim Wendelboe, and um, Barry White. [Via Tim Wendelboe]
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Posted on October 26, 2010 by Mike
Check out this robotic arm created by Cornell (Gimme!) and the University of Chicago (Intelligentsia). The balloon is filled with ground coffee. It takes advantage of jamming transition. Obviously. PopSci has all the geeky details. [Via John Giannakos]
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Posted on October 26, 2010 by Mike
Related: Tim in the NY Times. The book can be ordered here.
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Posted on October 7, 2010 by Mike
I don’t know if these demitasse help create “perfect mouth-feel, aroma, and fluid dynamics”, or if they’re “lauded by coffee connoisseurs worldwide” (they’re not even available yet), but they look pretty nice.
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Posted on September 20, 2010 by Mike
In case you’ve missed all the reasons I love MoJoToGo, Matt Buchanan lays it all out. [Chasing the Perfect Cup of Coffee with Science]
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Posted on September 12, 2010 by Mike
There are a lot of variables involved during roasting. Ambient temperatures change, batch sizes change, drop temps change, etc. If you’re tracking as many details as possible, why wouldn’t you use MoJoToGo as well?
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Posted on September 8, 2010 by Mike
Cute cups from xu54, though I suspect they spent less time then Intelligentsia studying the effect of design on taste. [Via io9]
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Posted on September 3, 2010 by Mike
A nice little video on Aeropress brewing from Stephen Leighton. This one should definitely be added to BrewMethods.com. [Via HasBlog]
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Posted on August 29, 2010 by Mike
For the last month I’ve been thinking on and off about James Hoffmann’s “current iced coffee method“. I don’t really drink much iced coffee but when he posted it I gave it a shot. My results weren’t great
Continue ReadingPosted on August 23, 2010 by Mike
Great syphon video brought to you by Chemically Imbalanced.
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Posted on August 16, 2010 by Mike
You can argue that with burrs this worn I should have figured it out sooner, and you’d probably be right.
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Posted on August 4, 2010 by Mike
It was slightly devastating to lose all of our electronics during a hectic two weeks in Europe, but the saddest loss of all was probably my VST Refractometer.
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