How To Know When To Retire Your Espresso Machine
When to retire your espresso machine? That's a big question. I'm not talking about a hardware store, Target, discount store contraption that makes some of the worst espresso you've ever had but you keep using it because you don't know any better, I mean an Espresso...
Picopresso. Upon Further Reflection…It’s Pretty Good After All.
Quite some time ago, I was eagerly anticipating the arrival of a new, exciting device. I had to wait for it to go over the ocean, through customs, through all the processes and waiting, of all the International Shipping rigamarole. But after weeks and weeks of waiting...
How To Tamp And What The Heck Is It…
You like espresso? Well, yeah, otherwise how did you get here? Espresso is where it's at! Yes, a straightup cup of black coffee has its merits, but most days? Most times? Most instances? Espresso will be the solution to what ails ya. A cureall? Nottttt entirely, but...
How To Super-Easy Clean Your Rancilio Rocky Grinder
Better life through better coffee. But wait, how about better coffee through better GRINDER? Now we're talkin'. One of the best things you can do to improve your coffee experience is to grind it fresh, right when you're ready to make a coffee. Yes, right then. Not at...
What’s The Best Canned Iced Coffee You’ve Had?
You've gone grocery shopping before yes? Perhaps there was a refrigerated case or a GASP! entire aisle (whatta time to be alive!) of coffee beverages. Chilled, potentially delicious, and ready for your purchasing. How to choose!? This is serious business, we're...
Iced Coffee. When, Where, How, and Why To Have One
Is there a specific time to have an iced coffee? Yeah, when you're awake. It doesn't have to be 100º out, or summer, or hyper-humid or any of that. Fact: you can have iced coffee whenver you want to. There ain't no rules when it comes to coffee. Oh, except Keurig...
The Moka Pot…Consider Using The One You Have
The Moka Pot. Do you have one? Of course you do. It's jammed in the back of your cabinet. Ashamed? That's ok. Not everyone uses theirs and when they do it's often a disappointment. Why is this? The moka pot has its own place and time. These days that is. In some parts...
The Naked Portafilter…How Awesome IS it?
Do those words fill you with joy? Naked portafilter. Aaaaaaah...it's like music. Are you confused, filled with dismay, like you are missing out on something? By the time you're done reading you will be reaching for your telephone to order one and get a second one at...
The Humble Portafilter Filter Basket: What? There are Different Kinds?!?
Within the portafilter comfortably nestled inside your E-61 Grouphead (explained in detail later in another post), lies the humble filter basket. The often neglected, frequently forgotten, instrumental component to your morning's shot. "What the heck is a filter...
The Time Of Year When Pumpkin is…EVERYWHERE
You walk down the street, pumpkins on people's doorsteps. You look across the street, pumpkins in the windows of the shops. The grocery store? Giant bins outside, or perhaps even a fun-filled corral to walk through. They're. All. Over. The. Place. Inescapable!...
It’s National Coffee Day!!!
Is it the best day of the year!? Mebbe. Let's see: License to drink coffee all day? Check. Access to tasty coffee all day? Check. Stuff to accomplish all day, but you WILL be supplementing all agendas with coffee? Check. Water at the ready to prolong your buzz and...
The Picopresso. What? How? Why? Want?
How many coffee devices do you really need? Is there a definitive answer to that, because I don't have one. Conservatively I probably have at least 10, and that's not counting different sizes of Moka Pot. Because you need different sizes of those. Duh. My newest...