A Nice Cuppa

I am not a boat person. And, although I travel a lot, I’ve never really pictured myself on a cruise. Until last night, when I stumbled upon this sweet looking cruise package: Coffee Cruises! You spend 8 days cruising the Mexican Peninsula, seeing sites and learning all about coffee from cupping […]

Starbucks is getting ready for a wired celebration as it looks back over 35 years of bringing the caf?? experience to Americans. To this end, the coffee giant has announced a number of plans to mark the occasion:

The first ever Starbucks location in Seattle???s Pike Place Market is the only location where Starbucks??? Pike […]

Oh, Summer, how we loved ye.
And now your glorious heat and sunshine and long lazy days at the beach are starting to fade…
Well, not quite yet. I know we still have Labor Day to get through and that technically the season extends long into September. But I???m starting to sense that ???Fall feeling??? […]

The food industry has been abuzz in a major way lately about green tea. It seems everyone from Coca-Cola, to Lipton, to Snapple, to Starbucks and countless companies in between is jumping on the green tea bandwagon. But it looks like white tea might just start a craze pretty soon too. White […]

Love of craft beer and excellent coffee go hand in hand. Almost all the craft beer enthusiasts I know are just as nuts about their coffee as they are about their beer. And almost one hundred percent of the people who are fussy about both their beer and their coffee insist on eating […]

How are television channels trying to gain market share in an increasingly competitive market? The answer is Webisodes. Generally in the 5-10 minute range, Webisodes are short versions of existing shows, or original, web-only series. Jumping on this trend is the Food Network, with Dave Does. And this week???s Webisode has […]

I’ve been on a bit of a food-lit kick over the last couple of months, so when I finished up my last one, Real Food by Nina Planck, I wasn’t sure where to go next. Then I stumbled upon The Devil’s Cup, a quick read on the history of coffee.

“Devil’s Cup” (Stewart Lee Allen)

In it, […]

I love a good latte. When I???m drinking an honest-to-goodness, properly crafted latte, I am likely to get caught up in the cup and wax poetic about the delicate balance of flavors ??? the symphony of milk and espresso that waltzes on my tastebuds. Yet, sadly, the latte has become a lost art […]

CROUCHING BARISTA, HIDDEN LACTOSE (continued…)
Exterior - Bukittinggi, West Sumatra
GUNTER: (In thought) Why are we hiding in a motel? They know where we live….sure to know where we work. Whatever. You get freaked out, you hide. We’re hiding. I like hiding…even like being found. Game o hide […]

Last week I noticed my coffee tasted a little??? off. I couldn???t really put my finger on how. A little stale, a little funky. I didn???t give it much more thought and went about my day. The next day, same thing. Coffee that tasted almost dirty. Strange. I […]