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, the birthplace of Starbucks and many other classic shops like Seattle Coffee Works, Seattle Coffee… Read More »
I’ve owned a french press coffee maker for years. The first one I got was somewhere in 2008 but I only become a truly avid french press user since the Spring of 2013. During my limited time using french presses in those early years I came to know a few things very well. The Things That Matter Most… Read More »
Sometimes you just don’t need an oversized travel mug. 16-20 ounces is more coffee than a lot of people want at a time which is why small travel mugs are great to have in your cabinet. For all of those people who only drink a little bit of coffee or for those that only brew a small amount… Read More »
If you are looking for one of the best super automatic espresso machines under $1500 to put in your kitchen then stay away from commercial machines – yes, they are awesome but they are designed to produce hundreds of shots of espresso every day. For the every day home user you don’t need anything designed to do that… Read More »
Post Originally Published Sept 2013 – Most Recent Update May 2019 Looking for the best drip coffee makers for your home? You’ve come to the right place. On Top Off My Coffee I pride myself in identifying the best stuff for the money and I’ve gone through painstaking detail to categorize this extremely wide product line to be… 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 »
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 »
I wanted to do a small follow-up post here to my post from earlier in the year (way back in the summer of 2013): The Best Travel Mug To Keep Coffee Hot. In this post I’m introducing a video comparison I put together on some of the best selling travel coffee mugs. Originally in that earlier post I… Read More »
To continue with my series on making french press coffee we need to address an all too common (and basic) question – how much coffee grind should go into a french press coffee maker? For a novice coffee snob the answer to this can be surprisingly complex. A simple gander at common threads around the web reveals just… 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 »