Brazil, El Salvador, Sumatra, and India coffee beans have some of the lowest natural acidic levels of all regions. This of course is a broad generalization but for the casual coffee drinker who needs or prefers a lower acidic level in their coffee a good place to start is within these regions. Coffee is naturally acidic. This natural… Read More »
The coffee grinder is the workhorse of any home brewing station and coffee house. You can have the best coffee in the world but if you have a bad grinder then your cup of coffee will be severely lacking. If you want to make the best coffee possible then you need to spend a bit on a good… Read More »
As you surely know not all coffee grinders are worth their weight and not all of them deserve to grind your coffee. The best coffee grinders use burrs to actually grind your coffee beans into usable grounds. The cheap blade grinders simply shred beans apart leaving many irregularly shaped bits including larger grind as well as powder. Even… Read More »
I’ve been talking about this grinder for the better part of a year here on this site. I’ve been having all my coffee beans ground in the store every time I buy them for too long so I finally broker down and bought the Ceramic Slim Hario that I’m mentioned time and time again here on the blog.… Read More »
There really are more insulated travel coffee mugs than you could ever possibly take a close look at. I’ve tried to narrow down the category here for you to make things easier. If you are looking to buy a really great thermal travel mug then you’re sure to find something perfect for your needs on the following pages.… Read More »
I wanted to do a small followup post here to my post from earlier this summer: The Best Travel Mug To Keep Coffee Hot. In that post I pretty much said that the Thermos Stainless King travel mug was the best travel coffee mug for keeping coffee hot all day long. What I didn’t provide in that initial… Read More »
I’m slowly becoming a bit of a gardener these days. Prior to my life here in Klamath Falls I lived in the big city on a condo with no yard. These days we own a home on a half acre with plenty of room to raise chickens, garden, and generally spend tons of time outdoors without ever leaving… Read More »
Not too long ago I hit up Seattle for the first time – May actually. I was in coffee heaven. In the United States it would actually be hard for you to find a city with a more widespread coffee culture than Seattle. Maybe it’s the weather, there may be something in the water, but either way, truth… Read More »
While ding some research on my last post on coffee induced dehydration I found an interesting set of stories on the risks of unfiltered coffee on one’s cholesterol levels. First I came across an article published on NBC news discussing some of the basics of the findings. In short researchers in recent years have determined convincingly that people… Read More »
This is a common question tossed around by everyone at some point or another. At first glance the simple and obvious answer is sure, of course. It’s the same concept after all. Steep leaves (as opposed to grounds) and then strain them out with the plunger. Upon deeper consideration however you’ll find that steeping tea leaves in a… Read More »
