From the monthly archives:

May 2009

8 Father’s Day Gifts For The Coffee Lover

Coffee Information

Father’s Day is coming up and your dad told me that he didn’t want a tie this year. But I have found some things that he’ll be excited about on June 21st. I’ve spent the last few days trying to figure out what, I’m getting for my dad and below you’ll find some of my [...]

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Fresh Brews: Blame It On The Rain

Coffee News

A lot has been going on in my world last week, computer crashing, losing all of my files and having to spend an entire day and night fixing it. But things are just as busy in coffee land. Coffee Price Too Steep? Blame the Weather Looks like wet weather in Columbia and other coffee producing [...]

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Poll: How Do You Buy Your Coffee?

Polls

This weeks poll is “How Do You Buy Your Coffee?” Already ground? Grind them yourself? Or do you roast and grind them at home? Ninety percent of the time now, I buy whole beans. However, there’s been times where I wanted a specific coffee and it only came in ground or I was feeling a [...]

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What I’m Drinking – Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 Coffee Cups The weather here on the Florida Suncoast is perfect for a Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino. The temperature here is on the verge of becoming unbearable, and even when there’s a breeze, it’s so hot and muggy that just walking to and from my [...]

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What I’m Drinking – Wendy’s Coffee Toffee

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Wendy’s Coffee Toffee Overall Rating: 2 out of 5 Coffee Cups Whenever I turn on my television this week, it seems that I can’t avoid one of the ads fr the Wendy’s Coffee Toffee Twisted Shake. Right now, I can’t get the song out of my head. It seemed like it was some [...]

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What I’m Reading – The Perfect Cup

Book Reviews

I’ve been drinking coffee for years, but I never really knew much about what I put into my cup until last year. I only knew that I liked the taste and that it kept me awake. In the last year, I’ve read every blog and a few books along the way, learning anything that I [...]

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Vacuum Coffee Maker Video

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After I wrote “10 Ways To Make Coffee,” a couple of people asked me about how a Vacuum Coffee Maker works. Instead of trying to describe it to you, I thought I would share this video that I found on the Wake Up Vibes Blog. I think they showed in the video how it works, [...]

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What I’m Drinking – New York Coffee Broadway Blend

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: New York Coffee Broadway Blend Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 coffee cups The first time I tried New York Coffee, I wasn’t impressed. I tried the Park Ave Blend and it tasted lifeless to me. However, I tried it a second time with a different bag and the results were more positive. [...]

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Coffee Storage: FAIL

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The best place to store your coffee is in an airtight container that keeps it cool, dry and out of direct light. You can learn more about how to store and not store your coffee in these previous posts, but today I’m reviewing what I thought would be the perfect solution to keeping my coffee [...]

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Off Topic – Diesel Decaf Video

Funny

I’m going a little off topic today with this ad from Volkswagen. They’re using a coffee filter over the exhaust of their new clean diesel car to show how clean it runs compared to a normal diesel car. Of course the VW is cleaner, but the best part of the video is when they use [...]

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