Category: Coffee
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Kickstarting Home Espresso: ZPM Nocturn
Update ZPM’s espresso machine Kickstarter project failed to produce the machine. What follows is the original interview, published back in March, 2013: ZPM‘s Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky introduced me to Kickstarter through their Nocturn espresso machine. I’m geeky enough to know what a PID controller is, and why that’s something £5k+ professional machines tend…
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Guest Post: What is Specialty Coffee?
Guest post by Stephen Leighton from Has Bean coffee about specialty coffee So who am I? My name is Stephen Leighton and I’m the owner and head roaster at Has Bean Coffee based in Stafford. Has Bean is an online retailer, roasting and selling fine specialty coffees from all around the world direct to home…
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what is the point of decaff?
Clearly, the point, is for people who are negatively affected by caffeine to be able to enjoy the taste of coffee or tea. Decaffeination leaches much of the flavour from tea or coffee, though, leaving it tasting washed out and watery. Decaff tea, to me, tastes papery and flat. Decaff coffee loses many of the…
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Coffee Basics from Union Hand-Roasted Coffee: a podcast
Today, I spoke with Jeremy Torz from Union Hand-Roasted Coffee. We recorded part of our conversation about British coffee as a podcast. I am interested in ways people can get the most out of the pleasurable experience that is coffee, without being daunted by anything hugely technical, expensive or difficult to operate. I asked Jeremy about…
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over-engineering disappointment
Fool’s Gold As a child in Colorado, I have a distant memory of finding a nugget of pure gold, bigger than the tip of my thumb. I instantly became the richest kid in America! I thought I could buy a husky (with a sled) and a Tama Starclassic Birch studio set with a full range…
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British Coffee: The British Imported Coffee Culture
The British have a strange relationship with coffee. On one hand, they overwhelmingly love hot beverages. Only here will you be offered a cup of hot tea in hot sunshine. You will have a hot drink during family visits, dinner parties, and any time that it is not impossible to hold a mug. All in all, this…
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Why do I want more coffee gadgets?
Gizmodo is a techblog with loads of interesting products. They have a complete set of Coffee-tagged products, all of which I want to own. I have no idea why, but I’ve got this thing for coffee gadgets. Every part of the kit appeals to me. So, if you have any coffee gadgets you’d like to…