Vacation coffee
Nothing is more relaxing than sitting in a balcony on vacation sipping a steaming cup of fresh coffee. But you have to be prepared. This is what you will find in your room…. If you are lucky. A tiny personal, hopefully clean way to make pre prepared coffee…
Coffee Origins
You would think a few tidbits about coffee would be common knowledge. It is the second most popular beverage in the world after water, and it is also the second most traded item after oil. So it keeps us running and hydrated to a large extent. But most people…
Coffee Barometer
Forecasting the day’s weather in a cup of coffee? Sounds like hooey, but works because of SCIENCE!
Cold Brew Saves the Day
My favorite summertime drink is coffee… Come to think of it my favorite anytime drink is coffee, so that isn’t a huge surprise. but with the rise of bulletproof coffee, and the hype surrounding everything even remotely related to pour overs and artisanal…
Wawa Turns 50
For those of you local to the Delaware Valley you know the name. But to the fine folks spread out around this wonderful world of ours who don’t as of yet know. Wawa, is a simply a convenience store. But its much more than that they focus on fresh coffee, ready…
7-Eleven: Guatemala Santa Rosa Roast Coffee
There is something special about fresh coffee. It has the power to change your day in a single sniff, alter your mood for the better in a single sip. I was recently gifted a surprise from the fine folks at 7-Eleven. they sent me a batch of the Guatemala Santa…
Turning Used Coffee Grounds into Booze
So a bunch of scientists got together and decided to try their hand at fermenting things they found lying around. And what is left lying around a lab more often than coffee? While this probably isn’t the way it went down, turning organic matter into alcohol is…
PATH Coffee Roaster: Finca Potosi Colombia
Today on the tasting block we have the Finca Potosi Colombian coffee from PATH Coffee Roasters in Port Chester, NY. PATH is a 4th generation roaster focusing on roasting in smaller 30lb batches, with a special dedication to quality goods and ethically and…
ATLAS: Performance Dress Socks
I never thought of performance when it comes to dress socks. They are usually just the sock of last resort in the drawer. because frankly they don’t seem to do a good job of anything as a whole. Enter the Ministry of Supply, a small start-up out of MIT that…
Hot Days, Cool Coffee
it is a simple equation. northern hemisphere of middling latitude, June – August = Summer. SO. Yes it is hot outside, actually very hot at times. People do stupid things in the heat like watch golf or tweet about their lunch. But that shouldn’t stop other…
