Depending on where you live, you might be noticing single-cup or pour-over brewing at your local coffee shop. It's brewed to order, you often get to choose your beans or the origin of the beans, and you have to wait a little longer than you used to. Usually it's pricier as well. So is it worth it?
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Back when Coffee Joulies were just a Kickstarter project, I felt like these heat-absorbing beans that promised to cool your coffee to drinkable temperature and keep it there could turn into either an easily-dismissed gadget or a gimmick. A few weeks ago, I finally had a chance to try them for myself. More

Sometimes a warm, sweet (or spicy) drink after dinner is even better than dessert (bonus if it has a little you-know-what in it). We'll take a good hot chocolate any time, but if you're in the mood for something different—warm apple pie cocktail, anyone?—take a look below. There are even a few that would make great Thanksgiving cocktails. More

Q: I've had a French press for a few years that I mostly use for tea and the occasional cup of coffee (my tea never tastes like coffee, I swear). Lately I've been craving more cups of coffee than tea. I want to be able to brew the best cup of coffee possible without having to purchase any new equipment or very expensive beans. I'm wondering about two options for the beans/grounds.

Is it better to: a. Buy coffee ground coarse in the shop for a French press and store it at home or, b. Buy fresh roasted whole beans and grind them at home in my cheap blade grinder that grinds coffee fine/unevenly? What's more important, that the coffee is freshly ground or ground coarse for the French press?

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Q: Please help me pick a automatic drip coffee maker! The fall is here and my early morning work schedule (out the door before 7!) is back in full swing. My lovely French press is no longer going to cut it. I desperately want a coffee maker that I can set up the night before so I can wake up to a pot brewing.

The numerous options are leaving me a bit overwhelmed with coming to a decision and I was hoping for some good advice as to brands or particular models I should consider. I was told that cone shaped vs flat bottom filter areas are better?

I'm on a budget (under $100) and obviously taste is of the upmost importance.

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Starbucks announced recently that they will be yet another brand to enter the world of K-cups come November. No doubt you've come across these coffee makers and their many pod variations. They're certainly convenient, but do you use K-cups? More

I can't stop thinking about that recipe for roasting coffee beans at home from Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It by Karen Solomon. I always assumed home-roasting would require elaborate equipment or a quest for raw beans, but Solomon's instructions make it sound, dare I say...simple? I'm very curious how well homemade beans stack up. More

Q: I am looking for a product that has a coffee grinder on the top and a French press plunger on the bottom. Basically, a French press with a built-in grinder on top.

Does such a thing exist?

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Prepare for your mind to explode. Ready?

Homemade cornflakes, DIY coffee beans, real hot dogs, slow-fermented miso, crystallized ginger. All made at home without any fancy equipment. And these are just a handful of the projects in the book!

Can It, Bottle It, Smoke It is Karen Solomon's follow-up book to her widely popular Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It, and it doesn't disappoint. More

Looking for fresh-roasted, organic, fair trade coffee that you can truly trace back to the farmer? Through a new coffee CSA – aptly named CoffeeCSA – you can support small-scale farmers in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Peru and Mexico and get your share of the harvest every month of the year. More