Coffee People, Coffee Stories
Q: How did the hipster burn his tongue? A: He drank his coffee before it was cool. Brendan brews Chemex coffee at home before he comes to work and drinks more coffee. Chemex is an old-school pour over coffee preparation that has seen resurgence of late. Look in the...
Spray Paint Shaker
All the cool kids are doing it! No not defacing public property, not even art. But drinking fancy cocktails. Shaken and not stirred. Now you can relive your misspent youth before facebook with a shaker shaped like the tool you used to use to tell people that you had...
Telltale Games Put Funny Tweak on Poker
The Walking Dead is one of the most successful TV series today. It is so successful that its video game version that was created by Telltale Games became an instant hit too. Telltale Games, however, is more than just the zombie-inspired games. The company has also...
Math Glasses
Proof that drinking CAN make you smarter, and even a bit more irrational. Stare deep into the equations long enough and I've hear you can see the meaning of the universe... or at least 4 different answers. These glasses from Uncommon goods are full of irrational...
Pauper Cup of Coffee
Yay! More Coffee Doodles! This one is a sad doodle though. We are stuck in a wonderful economic downturn. Cost of everything is rising. including hoity toity coffee. I'm alright paying more for good coffee. If its organic, fair trade ect. The problem is when the...
Say it with Bacon, For Dads everywhere
Time for a Happy Father's Day everyone.And Oscar Myer... Just gets it. It's time to show the people responsible for half of bringing you into this world with the gift that keeps on giving? Sliced, cured, salted pork, ready to be fried into dog treats for humans....
The Portland Press
How can you make a French Press better? well you can make the carafe sturdier. You can make the materials locally. But in my opinion the french press is one of the most tasty ways to make coffee. The company Bucket is dedicated to making sustainable locally produced...
Show you mug
I love coffee mugs. First of all when it comes time to get the job done they do it up right. Simple form and function. But to me each one of my myriad of coffee mugs tells a story. Some are good stories. This mug is one of the two mugs I got on my first Father's Day....
Coffee on the Brain
Ok so I've been thinking, always a dangerous pastime. But i am now surrounded by people who are much cooler than I am. And they are all "doing" coffee. We have flannel shirts, bow-ties, ironic mustaches. I love good coffee, i'm just not used to being associated with...
Everyman Espresso vs the State
What happens when a NY based business takes graphic liberties with a tried and true marketing gem from the 70's? Lawsuits... that's what. Everyman Espresso vs the State | Brutal Design for the full story. But i think we all know how this turns out. Big guy bullies...
Iced Coffee, The right way
Never knew I had a method to making good iced coffee, I only knew my iced coffee i made at home always tasted better than most other iced coffee I could buy. I've tried the cold pressed method, and had various results. Some better than others. All serviceable. but I...
A bit of a rut
So I find myself in a bit of a rut in regards to coffee. I consistently drink good beans. I make espresso and drink it whenever it pleases me. However recently I became lactose intolerant to a level I couldn't ignore. If you want to know the nadir position I drank a...
