REVIEW – I’ve dabbled with several espresso/coffee machines and a couple of options for milk frothing, including steam wants on some of our machines or standalone devices. We’ve most recently been using an aging milk frother/heater in our house the last few years, but it often burns the milk a bit and has been inconsistent […]
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REVIEW – Are you looking for the best hand coffee grinder? Perhaps the best coffee scale and timer? The Wacaco Exagrind and Wacaco Exagram may have you covered. These compact, effective, and well-built pieces lead the way not only in home coffee brewing, but also in the emerging movement known as “trail coffee.” or the
REVIEW – Some people don’t like flavored coffees. Hikers Brew makes flavored and unflavored coffees. I don’t like flavored coffee. But – Hikers Brew flavors are good. I surprised myself that I would revisit the Hikers Brew flavors. After one cup for science, I could have stopped, but I had seconds and thirds of most
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NEWS – We love our coffee around here. When a brewing gadget comes up for review I’m certain multiple reviewers lobby to be tapped to review the device. Some coffee lovers aren’t aware, and some may not care, that coffee can raise cholesterol. But one solution is as simple as a paper filter. Paper filters
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CROWDFUNDING NEWS – The one thing that has stopped me from buying a Keurig is the cost of the pods. While they are convenient, they are ridiculously expensive compared to grinding my own coffee and using a drip coffee maker. What if I could have my cake and eat it, too? That’s what the Podmkr,
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NEWS – We’ve reviewed quite a few coffee brewers over the years, but this is the first hot beverage multi-tool that I’ve seen. The JoGo coffee brewing straw is a super portable food-grade stainless steel straw that has a built-in mesh filter at the end. Grab a mug, put a scoop of your favorite ground
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REVIEW – I’m a big coffee fan, but not so much a fancy coffee fan. I like an occasional flavored java or a shot of flavored creamer here and there, but mostly I just like my coffee black with a touch of sweetener. However, when my daughter came home from college to work this spring,
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REVIEW – I love coffee. I love coffee made from freshly ground coffee beans even more. While I’m here at home, which has been nearly all the time during COVID, I have an automatic coffee grinder. When I’m on the road–we’re heading out of town this weekend for an anniversary getaway–I find myself without. One
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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 – My life revolves around the three C’s; Coffee, Computers, and Cameras. I drink a lot of coffee throughout the day, from 6 am to 5 pm, there’s coffee. Even though I have found the perfect coffee, I’ll never turn down the chance to try out new coffee. What is it? Yes Plz is
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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NEWS – Did you ever find yourself somewhere saying, “In 20 years, this job is going to be done by a robot”? At least two baristas in Golden, Colorado, didn’t have to wait that long. At the start of the pandemic, Matthew Jones saw coffee shops closing right and left, and he knew he needed
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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 – Unlock your coffee’s potential! That’s the mission of ThinkNoo with their line of instant coffees, which are enhanced with nutrients to give you energy and focus without the caffeine jitters. Do they deliver the goods? Let’s drink! What is it? They are instant coffee drinks that are nutrient enhanced to provide all-day energy
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ARTICLE – While traveling Europe, we knew we were in a nice hotel if it had a Nespresso coffee maker. So when I saw one of these fancy machines for less than $150 at a Black Friday sale, the temptation proved too great. While the foamy, coffee goodness did not disappoint, we quickly ran out
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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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REVIEW – Espresso coffee is a rich full-bodied drink made by forcing water over coffee grinds under high pressure. Preparing the coffee usually requires a large and expensive machine to build sufficient pressure. In contrast, the Nanopresso by Wacaco is small and relatively inexpensive espresso machine but provides up to 18 bar of pressure. Read
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NEWS – This, of course, is not the only pour-over coffee maker on the market, but it is the first I’ve personally seen that doesn’t require a disposable paper filter. Paper filters add to the waste you produce, especially if you use one paper filter for each cup of coffee you make. This reusable Pour
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NEWS – If you use a coffee maker like the Aeropress, Kalisa, Hario v60, or a small pour-over dripper, the Basal Filter Coffee Traveller is the perfect travel case for your coffee-making kit. In the image above, the case is holding an Aeropress, a manual grinder, coffee, and a mug. The interior of the lid
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NEWS – If your kitchen is like mine, counter space is at a premium. Using this K-Cup storage caddy, you can free up some space on the counter, because you’ll be able to store up to 22 K-Cups on the wall! You won’t need to drill holes in your backsplash. Instead, you’ll use the existing
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