A coffee bean is NOT a bean At some point, most of us Procaffeinators will ask what a coffee bean actually is. Is it a bean? A fruit? Maybe it’s a berry? A nut? Is it a legume? Or maybe a...
My wife mentioned how writing about coffee was writing about a legal drug! Being kind of a trivia guy, I mentioned that there have been times when coffee WAS illegal. And then that got me thinking,...
My two main presses. The metal one is insulated but the glass one looks nicer... you know, for company. I also have a plastic, single cup press that you can drink from directly. It's great for...
bloom: key step in the brewing process where the coffee grounds are initially wetted so carbon dioxide (CO2) trapped in the beans can be released, allowing the brewing water to make better contact...
Vietnam is the number 2 coffee growing country in the world I posted about coffee adulteration, spurred in part by a story out of Vietnam. A company was caught taking dirt, rock dust, and...
They put WHAT in the coffee?! genuine: authentic, real, actual, original, bona fide, true, unadulterated This story is about "coffee" that is anything but. People want - and, okay,...
