REVIEW – Our kids are in college now, but one day they’ll graduate—or so we hope—and they’ll head out on their own. They’ll get a job, get a car, and get an apartment. As a parent, I’m always trying to look ahead and help my kids to figure out what they’ll need to kit out […]
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REVIEW – I’m not sure if you can find a more subjective beverage than coffee. All the different brands and blends, not to mention milks, alternative milks, creams, sugars and other add-ins. And none of that even accounts for different brewing processes. You’ve likely heard the term “cold brew” and it’s a bit of a
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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – Life made me give up so many fun vices that I’ve really embraced the few I have left, one of which is coffee (the other is gambling, but we’ll save that for another review). I have tried all sorts of coffee pots over the years but the one I keep coming back
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REVIEW – As I grow older, I love coffee more and more! However, I am definitely not a connoisseur of coffee and will usually finish any coffee beverage I am presented. Along with that, I do love the taste of a good espresso shot. I always assumed you needed a large and expensive machine to create
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REVIEW – I love coffee in all of it’s glorious forms. For this review we’re checking out the Rumia Stovetop Espresso Maker, which is essentially an upgraded version of the classic Moka Pot. It’s shiny. It’s pretty. But how does it do the brew? To the review! What is it? It’s a Moka pot style
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REVIEW — Pour-over coffee can consistently offer a delicious brew and bring out the best in your coffee. And thanks to Wacaco’s Cuppamoka, you can easily make yourself a single-serving at home or on the go. What is it? The Cuppamoka is a compact, travel pour-over coffee maker system that combines a double-walled stainless steel
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REVIEW – As a coffee lover, I’m quite particular about how I like my coffee. It must be great, and it can’t take forever to make. Can the Sboly Single Serve Coffee Maker live up to that? Let’s find out! What is it? The Sboly Single Serve Coffee Maker is a K-Cup and ground coffee
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REVIEW – There’s nothing I enjoy more on a daily basis than coffee. I’ve tried almost every way of making coffee, except for pour-over, so that made the choice to review the COSORI Pour Over Coffee Maker an easy decision. What is it? The COSORI Pour Over Coffee Maker is a coffee pot and brewer
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REVIEW – For many years I have been a casual coffee drinker, but over the past 3 years I have become used to having 2 or 3 refills of my large mug every day at work from Monday to Friday. French Vanilla has become my favorite flavor, and I like my coffee strong/bold and for
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REVIEW – I love coffee, more so than my office mates, and am usually looking for ways to brew single cups of coffee without resorting to wasteful Keurig cups. So when I got the chance to review the unique Pipamoka Portable Coffee Maker from Wacaco, I was excited to give it a try! What is
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REVIEW – Not long after having reviewed the original Aeropress Coffee Maker, I was provided the opportunity to review a pre-release sample of AeroPress Go Travel Coffee Press, a product billed as being more lightweight, compact and portable than its predecessor. Having been very impressed with the original Aeropress, the idea of Aeropress Go immediately
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REVIEW – I’m a daily coffee drinker, but I suppose not as sophisticated a connoisseur as some coffee aficionados. Because the free coffee at my work is an abysmally-flavored near-poison, I’d been considering the purchase of a French press with the intention of brewing my own coffee there. A few colleagues had mentioned a type
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NEWS – Making coffee when staying in hotel rooms is easy. Making good coffee is darn near impossible. The tiny electric drip or pod based machines typically provided are generally not capable of making a good cup of coffee. Does it get the water hot enough? Who knows! How clean are the insides? Hard to
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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – I am a coffee drinker, and each day at work I drink at least 2 large mugs of French Vanilla coffee that I brew from ether Dunkin Donuts or Folgers ground coffee. I keep a medium size coffee brewer at my desk and each day I go through the process of brewing
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CROWDFUNDING NEWS – I’m a fan of coffee, and although I can’t complain about the free coffee where I work, the flavor is less than…flavorful. I’ve had my eye on various coffee presses for a while and I recently stumbled onto the Twist Press Coffee Maker from Barista & Co. Let’s check it out. What is
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As I’ve gotten older, I’ve not only picked up a coffee habit, but I’ve started understanding the differences in types of brewing methods, beans and how a good barista can take a decent cup of coffee to greatness. That’s why I got pretty excited to see the GEESAA – Your Home Barista announce it is
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NEWS – Cold-brewed coffee concentrate isn’t just for making iced coffee. You can also dilute it with heated water for hot coffee without having to brew a pot. Using the OXO Cold Brew Coffee Maker, you can easily prepare 40 ounces of delicious, low-acid coffee concentrate while you sleep so you can enjoy beverages for
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NEWS – I’ve seen these little pour-over brewers before. They’re basically just a funnel with a filter inside; you dump all the water in and coffee quickly collects in your cup. Oxo’s Pour-Over Coffee Maker with Water Tank claims to make a better cup of coffee because of the way it distributes water over the
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They’re any number of ways to make a fresh cup of coffee these days. If you’re like me, an old-fashioned drip coffee maker does the trick. But I’ve often heard that the best way to make a cup of coffee is to use a press. The Palmpress single-serve coffee press is a portable take on
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NEWS – A few years ago, I reviewed the Keurig 2.0 Model K550 coffee brewer. That was soon after the Keurig company was purchased by the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters company and when the patent on the K-Cup coffee pod expired. Because a coffee company had no interest in allowing other coffee companies to make
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