From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Writing And Coffee

Why Coffee and Writing Go Hand in Hand

Coffee Thoughts

This is a guest post by Derwood Talbot. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee here. The title of this topic actually works two ways. Coffee and writing go great together, but some, like yours truly, take it literally. Whenever I’m sitting down to write, I usually have one [...]

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Shop Daily Shot Of Coffee

Unveiling The Daily Shot Of Coffee Store

Coffee Equipment Reviews

Behind the scenes, I’ve been working on a project called Shop Daily Shot Of Coffee. It’s a response to questions about where to purchase items reviewed on Daily Shot Of Coffee and what coffees and related coffee equipment I’d recommend. Click here to check out the Daily Shot Of Coffee Store For now you can [...]

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Ethiopia Sidamo Natural From Social Coffee Review

Ethiopia Sidamo Natural From Social Coffee Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Ehtiopia Sidamo Natural Type: Single Origin Light Roast Overall Rating: 3.5 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Today I am reviewing my second bag of coffee from Social Coffee And Tea Company. This brew is called Ethiopia Sidamo Natural. They describe it as “Fruity, Citrusy, floral, sweet, delightful with a lingering berry aftertaste. Natural [...]

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Fresh Brews: Weekly Coffee News And Blogs Recap

Fresh Brews: High Coffee Prices, Anti-Cancer Coffee And More

Coffee News

(Click on the photo to see an important detail) You never know what is going to happen next in the coffee world. Fresh Brews is a weekly attempt to wrap up everything going on in the news and on the blogs. Coffee News Coffee Could Protect Against Oral Cancer And the good coffee news keeps [...]

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Poll: Do You Ready The Daily Shot Of Coffee Newsletter?

Poll: Do You Read The Daily Shot Of Coffee Newsletter?

Polls

This week, I’m curious “Do You Ready The Daily Shot Of Coffee Newsletter?” Usually every Wednesday, I put out a short newsletter. It’s basically a round up what’s going on at Daily Shot Of Coffee that week. When I stopped sending out the newsletter, I quickly found out that more people were reading it and [...]

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Ode To Coffee

Ode To Coffee

Coffee Thoughts

Despite the title, expect not a sonnet for I am no writer of poems, in fact, sometimes my prose is shaky at best and yet, I can save some of my best words, phrases and lines to sing the praises of coffee, the drink that some relegate to only being a morning brew but which [...]

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Jim's Organic Coffee - Sweet Love Blend Review

Sweet Love Blend From Jim’s Organic Coffee Review

Coffee Reviews

The Drink: Sweet Love Blend From Jim’s Organic Coffee Type: Dark Roast Blend Overall Rating: 3.75 Out Of 5 Coffee Mugs Last weekend I was looking for a new coffee to try at my local grocery store. When I didn’t find anything that I would want to put into my coffee maker, I wandered over [...]

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Searching For The Perfect Coffee Maker

Searching For The Perfect Coffee Maker

Coffee Makers

Earlier this week, I received an email from a reader named Ken that came up with the quandary: In the mid 60′s I had a drip coffee maker that sat on top of the coffee cup. It was a simple aluminum 2 piece device. Bottom was a strainer that held the grounds and top held [...]

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Beyond Snobbery: Be a Coffee Advocate

Beyond Snobbery: Be a Coffee Advocate

Coffee Thoughts

This is a guest post by Jack Garratt. Learn more about how you can guest post for Daily Shot Of Coffee here. Reading the contentious L.A. Magazine article, “Chasing the Dragon,” the author critiqued Intelligentsia for making a poor macchiato, and more importantly, belittling the audacious request to have it “to go” in a paper [...]

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The Art and Craft Of Coffee Book Review

The Art And Craft Of Coffee Book Review

Coffee Gifts

Buy The Art And Craft Of Coffee At Amazon (on sale for $16.49) Earlier this month, I was invited to a coffee tasting and book discussion in New York City. I’m a Yankees fan, but unfortunately, I moved to the heat and humidity of Florida and wasn’t able to attend the event. However, they were [...]

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