From the monthly archives:

June 2009

What I’m Drinking – Mudslide Coffee From Port City Coffee Roasters

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Mudslide Coffee Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cups Over the last few weeks, I’ve struck up a repertoire with the crew at Port City Coffee Roaster of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It started out on Twitter and carried on to the Daily Shot Of Coffee blog. They’re Red Sox fans, but last week, [...]

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Grinding Your Way To Better Coffee

Coffee Grinders

I’ve been drinking coffee for a big chunk of my life, but using a coffee grinder changed it from a morning ritual to an pleasurable experience. If you want great tasting coffee, sooner or later you’re going to have to buy a coffee grinder too. Ground coffee is great because it makes brewing coffee very [...]

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Fresh Brews – Virtual Coffee And Coffee Breath Mints

Coffee News

Mercedes-Benz serves up virtual coffee Ok, so it doesn’t actually make coffee, but the Mercedes Benz S550 has a feature to determine if a driver is tired and in need of a coffee break. A coffee cup icon will actually appear on the speedometer if it’s time to take a break. Now, I know what [...]

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Poll: When Do You Make Your Coffee?

Polls

This week’s question is “When Do You Make Your Coffee?” I think there’s two schools of thought: The Night Before People like me who aren’t awake enough to do anything more than press a button to turn on their coffee makers in the morning.  Or, they have a programmable coffee maker so that by the [...]

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What I’m Drinking – Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 cups Just when I thought that I had tried every Frap that Starbucks offered, I stopped by their yesterday and spotted another one on the menu – the Coffee Frappuccino. The Coffee Frap is coffee, milk and their frappuccino mix blended with ice. Unlike [...]

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Behind The Organic Coffee Label

Coffee Information

Along with taste, another important fact for me when choosing coffee is if it’s earth friendly? Are you concerned about the state of our environment and want a simple, affordable way to make a difference? Have you tried organic coffee? Organic coffee is grown with little as impact on the environment as possible. The farmers [...]

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22 Must Follow Coffee Twitterers

Coffee Information

I spend way too much time twittering, it’s a great way to communicate with other bloggers, coffee roasters, etc. It’s also a great way to get distracted. Along the way, I’ve found lots of other great coffee twitterers to keep it interesting. Here’s a few of the people that I follow and think that you [...]

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The World Series Of Coffee – Arabica Vs Robusta

Coffee Information

Across the world, more than thirty teams (types) of coffee compete to make it to the world series, also known as the big cup of coffee that wakes us up in the morning. Two teams, the Arabica beans and the Robusta beans are always on top of the pennant race, accounting for almost all of [...]

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What I’m Drinking – Barnie’s Coffee And Tea Iced Mocha

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Iced Mocha Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 coffee cups I moved down to the Tampa area about a year ago and I’m just now getting out and starting to explore the area’s coffee shops. Next on my list was Barnie’s Coffee And Tea. It’s not exactly a local coffee shop, it’s more [...]

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Fresh Brews: Jesus In A Coffee Cup, Extinct Coffee Makers & More

Coffee News

Man finds Jesus in coffee stain I couldn’t make this up if I wanted to. I think he might have had too much coffee that day, but who knows, even after searching, I couldn’t find a picture. Dunkin’ Brands opens 15,000th store Last week, Dunkin Donuts opened up their 15,000th store. I’d like to think [...]

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