A Nice Cuppa

I admit it, when it comes to hot beverages, I am pretty much stuck on coffee and tea as being the only ones I fixate on when the weather chills. I do love hot apple cider, especially swirled with a cinnamon stick, and of course, when the snow falls in Minnesota and I spend time […]

I just recently learned how to roast coffee beans. I have taken a job at a local coffee shop called Dunn Bros. The company is franchised in the States, and ranks very high in customer satisfaction, the main reason being that their coffees are all roasted on site for maximum freshness. It truly makes a […]

Never one to pass up free coffee, I jumped at the chance to review three blended coffees from Starbucks that were made especially for the Aspen Food and Wine Festival held this year.
Coffee is very similar to wine in that the concept of terroir, or ‘taste of the earth’, comes directly into play with how […]

I recently came into acquisition of this unique little espresso maker through my stepmother. She works in a church thrift store in Florida in the winter, saw this and immediately thought of me. She also keeps her eyes open for antique style china coffee cups and saucers, as she knows I am fond of collecting […]

The simple cup of coffee, poor thing, has gone through some staggering personality issues in recent years. It has been shamed, vilified, shunned and proven to be a poor choice of beverage. And then, miraculously, it has come full circle to tout its antioxidant health benefits and cholesterol fighting abilities.
But can coffee be good for […]

Coffee culture is hot; it’s sophisticated and it’s everywhere. There are those among us who can rattle off the meaning of Espresso Con Panna, Macchiatos and Breve’s with nary a blink of an eye, just like some people can tell you what Malbec and Torrontes are. (they are the red and white wine varietals of […]

With coffee being the #1 drink in much of the world, there has to be an awful lot of coffee grounds out there going into the trash. What do you do with yours? From Badgetts’s Coffee Journal (www.aboutcoffee.net) a web site dedicated to all things coffee, comes some amazing and very handy tips.
Most people […]

Technology is amazing, and no more amazing than what can be developed that might look to make your life a whole lot easier. Take for instance, the commercial that shows our poor haggard housewife attempting to mash a whole mountain of potatoes; you know what she looks like….hair straggling over her flushed, overworked face, eyes […]

We all have read, heard or been told an amazing amount of wildly fluctuating information about the pitfalls and advantages of drinking coffee. One study leads us to believe that drinking coffee will cut our lives short, and then another study tells us of the powerful antioxidant potential in our morning cup of java. Decaf […]

If my memory serves me correctly, caffeine is considered to be the most widely used, non-prescription drug in the world. In my own personal coffee world, the last 20 years have brought major changes to my caffeine consumption, mostly for the better. As a teenager, my coffee odyssey began as a way of socializing. With […]