Smart Opinions to Help You Make Delicious Home Brew Coffee
Coffee, I was once surprised to learn, is not a bean in any proper sense. The beverage is, Wikipedia tells us, “a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species.” Today we’ll cover why the fact the coffea fruit is dried onto, or wet-processed off, the coffee bean …
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Here are our favorite coffee lover gifts for 2018! We all have *that* friend—the one who sticks their nose up at Keurig or only drinks Starbucks when traveling abroad (okay, at least this is true for my friends out there—I’m basically just describing myself). But, truth be told, it’s more than just me. A lot …
I have a bit of an obsession. It’s with double-walled glass. Especially double-walled glass cups for coffee. I love the way it looks. I find it attractive, uncluttered, functional, and just really cool (literally). I am almost as excited about it as I am about YouTube, civic tech, board games, WordPress, and podcasts. (I’m a …
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Ever since it become a staple in my day to day routine, taking good care of my AeroPress coffee maker has been of chief importance to me. And by chief importance, I mean—something I should probably do sometime. Luckily, David is the kind of guy that keeps things in good working order, so it was …
First thing first, the name of this contraption on its Amazon listing is impressively long: “OXO Good Grips Single Serve Pour Over Coffee Dripper with Auto-Drip Water Tank.” The box mine came in called it the “OXO Good Grips Pour-Over Coffee Maker with Water Tank 12oz.” (Note the hyphen on pour-over, and the the switch …
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There are a ton of reasons to make coffee at home. One of the least important ones is the cost of a cup of coffee. That is, we all know that coffee at coffee shop or cafe is more expensive, but that’s not the only thing we care about. Flavor, effort, comfort, etc are all …
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Read on to learn how AeroPress iced coffee can bring even MORE sunshine to hot summer days. If you’re anything like me (Megan), there’s just something special about that time of year when the sun starts shining warmer, the days get longer, and the hot cup of coffee just isn’t cuttin’ it. It’s time to …
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If you’re going to go through the trouble of making coffee at home rather than in a coffee shop, you should definitely be making it with fresh-ground coffee. We love and use our Baratza Encore grinder to do that most of the time, and we’d love to tell you why. So without further ado, let’s get to …
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Are you considering trading in your run-of-the-mill drip coffee maker for something a little nicer? YES! 👏👏 Buying a French Press can be a great home brewing method if you’re new to the world of slightly more upscale coffee. And you are rewarded like WHOA. The coffee this brew method makes is unlike any other—with …
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Recently, Meg and I accidentally realized we were vacuum-sealing coffee beans while on a trip. It wasn’t a perfect vacuum, and it wasn’t super-intentional. But I thought it was really interesting, and maybe some fellow science-and-coffee nerds will love it too. It also made me pose a question, that my internet poking-around didn’t definitely answer. …
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