It’s no secret that chocolate and coffee are closely connected. A sip of coffee after you had a piece of chocolate tastes fantastic. No wonder coffee shops often give you a complimentary piece of chocolate next to your latte or espresso. But the question remains: why are chocolate and coffee so good together? Taste plays a significant part …
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Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. The taste profile of coffee is usually associated with the four “basic tastes”: sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. I’d say most people are able to taste sweet and bitter in their coffee, and in some coffee’s sourness or acidity is present. Salty less so. …
Thinking of coffee trends in waves is generally attributed to Trish Rothgreb of Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters. Way back in 2002, Rothgreb wrote an article for The Flamekeerper, a newsletter of the Roasters Guild about the different waves of coffee. Many others have written about it since, and let me warn you: it quickly becomes …
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To be honest, it doesn’t keep me up at night. But the question of whether coffee is man-made has fuelled quite a few late-night (and alcohol-induced) discussions with friends over the past years. Let’s see if we can untangle this puzzle. Shall we? But, for the TLDR (and to please the search engine Gods), let’s …
Over the years, Starbucks has become the most successful coffee shop in the world. It has over 32,000 stores worldwide, more than 15,000 in the U.S. alone. Despite its success, Starbucks doesn’t have the best reputation among the specialty coffee crowd. People who tend to go the extra mile to get the best out of …
I had a discussion with a friend the other day. He stated that coffee is actually a tea. I was dumbstruck. How can you say that! Coffee is NOT tea! But then he started talking about infusion and percolation, and chemistry. At that point, I knew I had something I needed to look into. I …
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I love making coffee with a Chemex. It is a great piece of gear and the coffee you get from it is just delicious. But have have one beef with Chemex: their proprietary bonded paper filters are really expensive. Especially if you compare them to the regular paper filters you would use in a drip …
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Coffee. A staple in the mornings of millions of people, and one of the most diverse beverages that can be brewed. There is a historic trail coffee, cowboy coffee, that is seeing a resurgence in popularity, with a multitude of websites dedicated to the old school brew. In this article, we’ll explore the traditional cowboy …
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We all know coffee beans in their roasted form. The dark brown oval-shaped things that we grind into the dust that gives life to our favorite drink. But do you know where those beans come from? And are they really beans? Or, are coffee beans – as many people seem to think – actually a …
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Making great coffee is all about getting the coffee to water ratio right. But getting to that optimal mix of coffee and water isn’t always easy. I would even say it is really hard, and there is a lot of confusing and conflicting information out there. With this article, I want to help you to …
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