To a coffee lover, the difference in taste between fresh and stale coffee is huge. The shelf life of both ground coffee and coffee beans is far shorter than people seem to think. While I won’t claim that my palate is sensitive enough to tell the difference between beans ground yesterday or today I will …
*The Nespresso Aeroccino Plus has been continued and I now recommend it’s improved successor, the Nespresso Aeroccino3* If you’ve seen any of my other reviews you’ll know I have an unusual passion for anything frothed. From my purchase of the Kuissential SlickFroth to the counter-consuming Ninja Coffee Bar I’ve tried just about everything. So you …
I’m sure most of us would love to have a complete Ninja Coffee Bar on our counter. Unless you’ve got a much larger kitchen than I do, however, that’s just not going to fly. I barely have room on my counter for a coffee machine and there’s not way my non-coffee-loving wife would stand with …
Let’s be real, asking what the healthiest coffee creamer is is like asking what the best smelling type of blue cheese is. Yes, Danish Blue may be the least smelly but it all stinks. In general, adding creamer to your cup of joe makes it significantly less healthy. Which begs the question, how do you …
It has always fascinated me how the world of coffee has evolved. I’m sure that hundreds of years ago people were choking down their coffee black because there was no option and the “bitter bean juice” was probably an unpleasant energy booster. Now, however, we have all sorts of unique and interesting ways to get …
Using an AeroPress coffee maker for the first time is a bit intimidating. I’ll admit it took me like 2 minutes to figure out where to put the filter. It probably didn’t help that I hadn’t had any caffeine. Once I mastered placing my Aeropress coffee filters I started wondering which filters I should even …
Any coffee nerd will know that the key to the perfect cup of coffee is the grind. The way those delicious beans are pulverized can mean the difference between a delicious cup of coffee, and something that tastes like gas station coffee. Basically, if your grounds are all different sizes and smell kind of bland, …
There’s no doubt about it, Seattle is the coffee capital of the United States. Seattle is the coffee Mecca. Every year thousands of people pilgrimage there to get the perfect cup of coffee. If you’re prepping for your own coffee pilgrimage then you want to make sure you get it right. With cafes on nearly …
Over 200 million Americans consume coffee on a daily basis. Some people (not me, of course) consume enough coffee on a daily basis that they need a 10 cup coffee maker (the average American drinks 3.1 cups). Now think about your coffee maker. If it’s anything like the one I had a couple of years …