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Coffee Equipment Reviews

Back To School Guide To Coffee

August 24, 2010

When I went away to college, there were three things that I needed: a television, a computer (three gigs of ram was top of the line back then) and a coffee pot. I had no problem getting the television or computer to work, but the coffee maker was a different story. I had coffee before, [...]

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Toddy Cold Brew System Review

July 13, 2010

Toddy Cold Brew System On sale at Amazon For $31.20. Normally $37.50. The Good Easy to use and clean. Makes enough iced coffee for at least a week. Reduces the acid levels in the coffee. The Bad Takes 12 hours to brew. Slightly mutes the taste. Hot coffee was disappointing. If you’re looking to stay [...]

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Vietnamese Drip Filter (cà phê phin)

July 7, 2010

From what I have read, the Vietnamese drip filter is usually used to make Vietnamese Coffee. I Need Coffee has a good write up on this device. I use my Vietnamese drip filter to make a small cup of coffee, also using it to test out new coffees and for the occasional experiment. The Vietnamese [...]

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Unveiling The Daily Shot Of Coffee Store

June 29, 2010

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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Daily Shot Of Coffee Recommends

May 17, 2010

One of the mostly frequently asked question is what is the best way to make coffee. There’s no easy answer because everyone likes their coffee a certain way and everyone’s situation is slightly different. However, theses are the four devices that I could recommend to any coffee drinker that’s looking for better coffee. There’s are [...]

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Kalorik Aztek Coffeemaker Review

May 11, 2010

Kalorik CM-25282 1000-Watt 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Aztec Copper Buy it at Amazon for $70.51 The Good: Heats Water With 1000 Watts For Better Tasting Coffee Programmable Easy To Use/Set The Bad: Pieces Can Be Difficult To Fit In Water Chamber Is Narrow No Thermal Carafe After much review (read as a whole lot of coffee [...]

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Mypressi TWSIT Review

March 3, 2010

Mypressi Twist Buy @ Amazon for $149.99 The Good Makes high quality, great tasting espresso Can make espresso just about anywhere More affordable than many regular espresso machines The Bad Bit of a learning curve N2O replacement cartridges Clean up I’ve seen some pretty unique ways to make coffee. Some of them made some world [...]

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Mypressi TWIST Preview

February 19, 2010

mypressi TWIST On sale at Amazon for $139.99 Retails at $169.00 The mypressi TWIST is unlike any other espresso machine that I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t sit on a counter. Instead, it fits in your hand and allows you to make espresso anywhere that you have ground coffee beans and hot water. The stylish, award-winning [...]

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Keurig Platinum B70 Review

February 18, 2010

Keurig Platinum B70 Buy For $169.95 The Good: Easy To Use Makes A Quick Cup Of Coffee Easy To Clean The Bad: Price Per K-Cup Isn’t Tall Enough For Travel Mugs How Environmentally Friendly Is It? For a long time I wanted a single serve coffee machine like the Keurig Platinum B70. It seemed like [...]

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Ready Set Joe Single Cup Brewer Review

February 10, 2010

The coffee maker sitting on your kitchen, isn’t the only method to make drip coffee. There’s an even simpler method called the pour over. It takes everything out of the traditional coffee maker except the basket and the filter. Melitta recently sent me two of their single cup brewers to test out, the Ready Set [...]

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