Why does Starbucks serve 33 million customers a week but Folger's supermarket revenues have dropped 15% in the past decade?Because Gourmet Coffee rocks. The best part of waking up used to be Folger's in your cup. Or Chock Full O'Nuts. Or...
Scientists give out annual Nobel Prizes. Bankers give a Banker of the Year award. Sports leagues give an MVP award. Guess what Coffee Baristas give as an award for their best and brightest? Yes, it's the World Barista Championship. And...
Something tasted wrong in the espresso made at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels. And an EU archivist found out why. Something tasted a little bit metallic in the espresso that Alexander Just, an EU archivist, was getting in his...
What do you get when an artist is inspired by coffee? You get Christoph Niemann's artwork, featured here in Abstract City in an online blog of the New York Times. Christoph Niemann is a professional illustrator whose work has appeared...
Are you a germophobe? Here's something to worry about with the coffee served on an airplane. It might even make you jump out of your airplane seat. Fasten your seatbelt before reading...! When flying in a commercial plane, bring coffee...
You have heard about coffee grinders. They say it really improves the quality of the cup. But is it indeed that important? Is it worth the expense, the extra space on the counter, and the daily fuss? Well, maybe, but...
The French Press is a good entry point into the world of gourmet coffee. It costs only around $20, it is very simple to use, it gives consistently good results, and it doubles up as a milk frother as well....
When we buy coffee, we are often faced with too many choices that might lead to decision paralysis due to information overload. This is known as the Choice Paralysis. Searching for the word coffee in Amazon, under the Gourmet Food...
Here's an excellent taste test from Cook's Illustrated that shows how inexpensive drip coffee machines give you a taste that's... inexpensive and bitter. Cook's Illustrated has fabulous recipes and taste tests and they are very experienced in what they do....
Here are fascinating taste test results from Cook's Illustrated based on a survey of 8 premium coffees. A group of taste testers at Cook's Illustrated tried fresh brewed coffee when it was black, and again when the same coffees had...
The French have given us a couple of good things - wine, cheese, the Tour de France, funny berets, and the French Press method of making coffee. Let me explain why this is my favorite method of making coffee and...
Here's a hilarious song and video about the French approach to drinking coffee. It reminds me of the comment, maybe a myth, that the great French philosopher Voltaire used to drink 40 cups of French Coffee a day while writing...
850 First known discovery of coffee cherries in the coffee history timeline. Legend tells us about the goat herder Kaldi of Ethiopia, who notices his goats are friskier after eating red cherries of a local shrub. Kaldi experiments with the...
(This introduction is taken from the book Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast) O Coffee! Thou dost dispel all care, thou are the object of desire to the scholar. This is the beverage of the friends of God.--"In Praise of Coffee,"...
Welcome to a column where you get to experience classic blog rambling! The difference about this coffee blog is that it will try to supply you with regular grounds of knowledge about Hawai‘i’s coffee industry- from seed to cup. Truth...
Red Barn serves a delightful lightly roasted coffee out of its store near the entryway to Faneuil Hall in Boston. I enjoyed the smoothness and light roast of a latte at Red Barn, and my wife’s cup of regular coffee...
Here's a great video by Malcolm Gladwell talking about spaghetti sauce but also mentioning coffee.Malcolm Gladwell, author of bestsellers Blink and Tipping Point, gave a talk at the TED annual conference about a revolution in marketing that came from realizing...
For my first breakout from Starbucks, I decided to try a coffee that is roasted near my home in Boston MA. /wp/wp-content/uploads/files/uploads/Jims_Organic_Coffee.jpg" alt="Jim's Organic Coffee " title="Jim's Organic Coffee " align="right" height="320" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="240" /> And I have to...
Because it's my last club of Starbucks for hopefully a long, long time. Not that Starbucks is bad. It's pretty good. But I've gotten into a rut. Buying the same latte fom the same coffee shop in the same city,...
Any milk steaming or milk frothing mechanism you use should work fine as long as you use it correctly and know what your goals are. As a starting point, you can purchase one of the products offered in most coffee...
Recipe Contest Entrant Tehani Bray (Winner of the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival) Serves 8 Ingredients ½ lb. butter 1 c. sugar 1 tsp. light corn syrup ¼ c. 100% Kona* coffee, strongly brewed ½ lb. (2 c.) chopped macadamia nuts...
