Coffee review : Peet’s Coffee Big Bang

Coffee review : Peet’s Coffee Big Bang

Running through the options available in the grocery store lately. I only buy whole bean coffee so I’m always looking for good value. This week we have Peet’s Coffee, big bang medium roast. It was on sale for 6.99, which is a deal but unfortunately it was even smaller…

Coffee problems

Coffee problems

Coffee is a wonderful drink but not all methods of making coffee are equal. One of my least favorite methods of brewing coffee is sadly the most convenient to make. The Keurig. So polar but so many problems. I brew coffee with a Keurig machine in work because it’s…

Rising Cock coffee review

Rising Cock coffee review

I was recently gifted a bag of the funnily name Rising Cock coffee. The flavor that I had was the Caffeine Climax. The coffee is advertised as highly caffeinated. But how does it taste? Inspecting the bag I don’t know how it’s higher caffeine, is it robusta? Is it…

Hrysek Farms coffee review

Hrysek Farms coffee review

I’m always on the lookout for new coffee roasters to try. I was at the Christkindlemarkt in Bethlehem Pa recently and one of the vendors was Hrysek Farms. The coffee being ground smelled fantastic so I just had to try it. I bought the Papa New Guinea coffee, it is a…

Red cup day 2023

Red cup day 2023

Every year Starbucks debuts their resistable red cups for the holiday season and gives them away free with a holiday beverage purchase. I don’t drink a lot of overly sweetened coffee concoctions but I like free stuff. This year my wife got a pumpkin spice latte and I…

Staresso Portable Espresso Machine Review

Staresso Portable Espresso Machine Review

There are a ton of espresso machines on the market at all different price points. I have reviewed some of them. But I have yet to write a review of a good portable espresso machine. In my opinion for it to work it has to be consistent, easy to use, and safe. Making…

Coffee travels: OBX Outer Bean Cafe

Coffee travels: OBX Outer Bean Cafe

Traveling in the outer banks had lots of fun coffee places to try. The Outer Bean was a great stop on our trip. This cafe is right on route 12, the main thoroughfare. We didn’t go into the cafe but rather used the walk up window. The coffee was a good medium roast on…

Paul R Muller

I like to make pretty things. I watch shiny things, and blinking things. I drink black coffee. But most of all I love working on design problems.