The 10 Best Ways to Make Coffee While Camping
Don’t settle for ‘meh’ coffee while camping. Here’s how to make camping coffee you’ll love while you’re enjoying the great outdoors.
Kopi Luwak Coffee (Cat Poop Coffee) Review. You Should Try It!
Would you drink coffee that had been pooped out of a civet cat (aka, kopi luwak)? I did. Here’s how it went…
Coffee to Water Brewing Ratio for Dummies
Discover how to use this coffee to water brewing ratio to optimize the flavor and balance of your daily mug of coffee. Your daily brew is going to taste a lot better with this trick!
Have Acid Reflux? Don’t Stop Drinking Coffee – Try This Instead
Everyone says to stop drinking coffee if you have acid reflux. Don’t listen to them! There are other, better ways to enjoy your daily brew without damaging your esophagus. Let us show you how to drink coffee without getting acid reflux.
How Water Quality Affects Coffee Taste
Brewing coffee is a game of balance. You buy well-roasted beans, carefully designed brewers, and research techniques to improve the quality. Unfortunately, many home brewers forget a key step in the brewing process. When you notice that the coffee you brew is...
Adopt a Coffee Tree through Apasionado Coffee
The specialty coffee industry is changing for the better. For centuries, coffee farmers have been mistreated to the point of abuse and oppression. All that is changing with a growing global mood of social awareness, widespread technology, and a bit of imagination....
It’s American Press
It seemed like just about all of the ways to brew coffee had been thought up. It seemed like every new product was just a fancy variation of a previous one. It seemed like there was no new way to brew coffee under the sun. Then a new IndieGoGo campaign launched:...
Alloy Coffee Launches With a Unique Model
A cousin of mine, Allison, her husband, Will, and his brother, Derek, have launched Alloy Coffee in Cincinnati, Ohio fueled by their vision of improving the lives of coffee farmers around the world. The Alloy Coffee model sources a single coffee and directs all the...
Atlas Coffee Club Journeys Cross-Country – An Interview with Jordan Rosenacker
Over the month of September, online coffee subscription startup, Atlas Coffee Club, took to the streets in a cross-country road trip. Bringing along their pop-up coffee standing, Michael Shewmake and Jordan Rosenacker brought their online business to the real world to...
Cold Brew Coffee – Everything You Need to Know
For most people, applying heated water to coffee beans seems like the most natural way to make a cup of coffee. However, for hundreds of years coffee was extracted using room temperature water that steeped the coffee grounds for longer periods, a method called cold...
The Black Box – Angel’s Cup Launches Another Winner
I've made it very obvious in recent months how much I love the unique coffee subscription service Angel's Cup. Their approach to training subscribers to taste coffee well is nicely developed, their products and mobile apps are well executed, and their impact on the...
Crema.co – A New Specialty Coffee Marketplace
Coffee is not new to online marketplaces, but the landscape is changing. Some of these multi-roaster marketplaces have focused on technology, photography, or internationally-recognized roasters, but a new player is joining the league - one that focuses on the origin....
Giving Specialty Tea A Try – Curious Tea Review
I've started to realize that tea deserves a similar appreciate to that which I give to coffee. It's diverse, flavorful, and is going through a revolution akin to the one that specialty coffee has experienced in the last fifteen years. Don't hear me wrong, my deep,...
Joe’s Brew Club – Coffee, Chocolate, and Biscotti Review
Coffee subscription boxes just keep getting more creative. I recently had the pleasure of testing out a sample box from Joe's Brew Club, an experience I will not soon forget. Unlike some other clubs, subscriptions, and boxes, Joe's Brew Club came very well presented....
Angel’s Cup Tasting Flight Review
Angel’s Cup had kindly sent me a free run-through of their new service: Tasting Flights! I set up my cupping equipment, pulled up the app, and began the tasting.
Hario Mini Mill Mod Grind Comparison
Stumbling upon the Hario Mini Mill tape mod didn't happen through good science or strategic planning. It was mostly the result of not having a rubber band nearby. There is another mod out there that uses a rubber band to stabilize the inner burr, but I didn't have one...