You can’t always pack up and leave on a trip across the world, but you can take a grand tour through coffee. In fact, discovering unique origins is one of the things that hooked me on specialty coffee in the first place. Just like with wine, the flavor of coffee depends on the environment it…
If there’s anything better than the smell of that first cup of coffee in the morning…mankind has yet to discover it. But if you’re new to brewing coffee at home, then sometimes the flavor doesn’t quite hold up to the aroma. Watery cups, excessively bitter brews, or just totally inconsistent batches are the bane of…
Brewing coffee looks so darn easy at your local hipster café, doesn’t it? Just grind a bit, pour a bit, wait a bit…and there you are. A fresh, complex cup of coffee from some exotic origin you’ve never even heard of. So, naturally enough, you want to save the $5 a cup and create that…
If you enjoy making and drinking coffee, then you know how satisfying it is to find a brewer that just…works. You stop fiddling with finicky parts, you forget about split-second timing, and you practically know that the result is going to be great. For many of us, that’s the AeroPress. After all, it’s distinctive-looking, and…
It’s super frustrating to get an awesome coffee brewing set-up…buy a new bag of beans…whip up a cup…and get something dull or harsh in your cup. Yeah, could add cream and sugar until it barely resembles coffee. At least that’s palatable? But assuming you like the taste of coffee in the first place, all you…