A Nice Cuppa

It was a summer afternoon when I was out on my bike in the hip town next to mine with a chai-fiend friend. I was really, really overwarm. I asked for a chai at the hip coffee shop and a very hip-looking man gave it to me. Looking back, he was probably […]

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 […]

When I discovered a recipe underneath the box lid of my Chocolate Caramel Enchantment tea, I realized there was a treasure trove waiting to be found. A quick search for “cooking with tea” led me to several excellent sites. The Cat-Tea Corner website is a good set of guidelines for those just starting out. Celestial Seasonings, […]

I don’t know when exactly my epiphany was. I know it struck sometime last summer, in the height of heat and humidity, in a dark and musty Virginian dorm room where I was staying for a job. I know there was desperation in my northeastern soul as I battled the gigantic bugs that […]

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 […]

It’s about 2 am, you’re on your last ten pages of Milton, and you’re staring at the bottom of an empty coffee mug. Your throat scratches and your stomach grumbles…but your mattress is calling. Decaf is good enough. But delicious decaf? Much better.
There are lots of decaf coffees out there, and […]

The great thing about giving coffee beans as a last minute gift, is that they are at their freshest! In fact, if you are giving coffee as a gift, you should wait till the last possible minute so that the beans were roasted within 3 to 10 days. That’s good news for procrastinators like me.
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Considering a coffee cupping? If you’ve never been to one before, like me before last weekend, here are a few tips to keep in mind.

First, leave your self-conciousness at the door. There are no right or wrong answers when it comes to your tastes and perceptions, but it’s easy to feel unsure and intimidated by […]

During these cold winter months is there really anything better than a nice hot mug of your favorite coffee or tea to warm up with after coming in from outside?  Sometimes though I get tired of drinking the same old thing day after day, and I just want some variety, some way to spice things up (pun […]

I steer clear of most flavored coffees, as the flavorings tend to greatly overpower the subtleties of a really good coffee.  However, on occasion, it’s nice to amp up flavors in your coffee just for a change of pace.  But, rather than buying flavored coffee, why not just make your own, in small batches that […]