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Lifehacker – Illustrated Chart Makes Coffee Drinks Easy – Charts

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Mike

Lifehacker – Illustrated Chart Makes Coffee Drinks Easy – Charts.

Coffee-Making Manga Robot – What Every GeekDad Wants For Father’s Day | GeekDad | Wired.com

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Mike

Even robots grind on demand: Coffee-Making Manga Robot – What Every GeekDad Wants For Father’s Day | GeekDad | Wired.com.

St. Louis – Gut Check – Java Enabled: Chill Out with Cold-Brewed Coffee

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Mike

On a recent trip to NYC, St. Louis reporter Zach Dyer discovered something I’ve noticed myself. A surge of cafes here cold-brewing their iced coffee. It’s possible I only notice this because we’ve been doing it ourselves the last two years, but I’ve also noticed an increase in articles about it in the online [...]

Gimme! Coffee – Brewing at Home, Part 4: Improve Your Water Quality – Blog

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Mike

A nice post from Erin was published over at the Gimme! Blog yesterday on the importance of your water. Topics include filters, hardness, and total dissolved solids (TDS). There’s a shoutout to Cirqua Customized Water, but no quotes from Skip. Luckily I found him hiding on YouTube; Click the link below to read more about [...]

New York's best coffee and cafes: baristas worth every bean

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Mike

New York’s coffee explosion has been noticed as far away as Australia. La Colombe, Jack’s, Joe, Think, Gimme, Abraco, and 71 Irving all got shoutouts in The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday. They should have emailed me. I could have doubled their list pretty quickly. Check out the article below to read the accompanying reviews. [...]

Baltimore Restaurant Examiner: Make perfect coffee! Coffee tips for YOU from a world's leading coffee expert

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Mike

The Baltimore Restaurant Examiner is the latest media outlet to look towards coffee to brew new stories. This time, they’ve gone straight to the top by interviewing WBC Judge Scott Conary for their article. Included in this post is a bio of Scott, a link to a WBC video on CNN, a brief intro to [...]

Training Specialist Ellie Matuszak and Coffee Solutions present Elements of Espresso Classes

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Mike

Specialist Ellie Matuszak and Coffee Solutions present “Elements of Espresso,” a series of four intensive barista training classes presented over two days. Elements of Espresso is a comprehensive hands-on bundle of affordable classes that includes a session on bringing what you learn BACK TO YOUR COMPANY. Day One Elements of Espresso 1: Barista Fundamentals Elements of [...]

Bitter Brew

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Mike

I’d be remiss to not mention the brewing coffee battle currently going on over Stumptown Coffee Roasters here in NYC, though it’s not what you may think. This particular battle is being waged between the media outlets, and not any brewers of the bean. It started in April when New York Magazine published this article [...]

Tips for manual coffee brewing – San Jose Mercury News

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Mike

Home brewing articles come and go. Some better than others. This one isn’t bad if you’re looking for a good place to start. Tips for manual coffee brewing – San Jose Mercury News.

A Coffee Lover's Perfect Mate – washingtonpost.com

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Mike

Serious Eats is not the only media company getting in on the hot coffee action. The Washington Post published an article today on brewing at home. Keywords include Blue Bottle Coffee Co, Peregrine Espresso, and the Beehouse Dripper. A Coffee Lover’s Perfect Mate – washingtonpost.com

Barista in the Wild, Part 2: Roasting to Perfection | Serious Eats

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Mike

Part 2 of Allison Hemier’s Serious Eats mini-series was posted today on the subject of roasting. If you’ve never been to Starbucks HQ in Seattle, this is an inside look. Click the link below to read her thoughts on sample roasting, and the variations when roasting beans from different origins. Barista in the Wild, Part [...]

DIY Espresso | Serious Eats

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Mike

The Serious Eats blog recently posted a collection of DIY articles from Make Magazine regarding coffee. Included in their post are these PDF instructions for the home enthusiast; DIY Coffee Roaster DIY Espresso Tamper DIY PID Temperature Control Also in the Serious Eats archives are instructions for cold-brewing your coffee at home. A full list [...]

Intelligentsia's Shiny New Apple

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Mike

Intelligentsia just held a launch party for their newest store, located in Venice, CA. My impression (from 3,000 miles away) is that this store has combined aspects of all that they hold dear in coffee with design features of a typical Apple Store. No, they’re not repairing iPods. But no longer do you file in [...]

Hario Skerton

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Mike

The latest addition to my kitchen coffee clutter is the Hario Skerton (Skeleton) Hand Mill. I picked this up from Ben Kaminsky over at Barismo who told me it would “change my perception of dry aroma” (or something to that affect). But before altering my mind, I first had to figure out how to adjust [...]

If I had a Synesso

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Mike

If I had a Synesso, I’d experiment with dedicating one of the groups to straight shots. I’d knock the temperature way down, and start playing with 7, and 14 gram shots. I would of course use a dedicated grinder for the dedicated group, and I would continue to use the other group(s) to continue up [...]

Naked News

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Mike

After using “naked” “chopped” and or “crotchless” portafilters for the last year or so, we’ve recently made a move towards returning to the original double spout style. Initiated by Chris’s endless passion for improving shot quality, we’ve gone retro for almost a full week now in an attempt to isolate some funky feelings we’ve been [...]