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Product Review: BonJour's Insulated Rhône French Press

In our survey of how you brew your coffee, French press was the clear winner. French press coffee is very rich and full of flavor, but it does have some drawbacks. French press carafes aren't good for...

Good Question: To-Go Cups for Iced Coffee?

Reader Fiona writes in with a very practical question. She says, I LOVE iced coffee and make big overnight batches at least once a week. I would love to be able to tote it around in a disposable plast...

Simple Invention: Reusable Mesh Coffee Filter

For years, all we knew were the paper coffee filters that our parents used and tossed every morning. When we bought a new coffee maker for our own home recently, we got one of these, which we think ar...

Look! A Printer For Your Latte

Look! A printer for your coffee? Reader Rae sent us these photos of a pretty wild gadget she saw at a computer graphics trade show in Los Angeles last week. Click for more photos......

In Praise of a Favorite Mug

Most of us have a favorite mug we automatically reach for, whether it’s the first bleary cup of the day or a quick afternoon pick-me-up. This one is mine. It’s a lovely, sturdy stoneware mug, han...

In the News: Owner of Stumptown Coffee Moves to New York!

In the world of specialty coffee roasters, Stumptown Coffee is its own superstar. Since their beans are a rare find outside the Pacific Northwest, the owner's plan to open a coffee roastery Red Hook,...

The Locavore’s Delight: Five Delicious Reasons to Appreciate the Bay Area

De la Paz Coffee. They'll roast your coffee in the morning and deliver it to your home or office that afternoon. On their bicycles. Four more below the jump!...

Inspiration: The Breakfast Manifesto

As we've told you before, we're always looking for breakfast inspiration, and ways to make the most perfunctory meal of the day more interesting. That's why we were thrilled to get New York Magazine'...

In the New York Times: Saul Zabar Turns 80

For any food lover living in New York, Zabar's is one of those institutions we naively believe has always been around and will always be around. Its crowded aisles and barking counterpeople seem like ...

Company Profile: Terroir Coffee Company

Looking for a new coffee to wake you up first thing Monday morning? Look no further than Terroir Coffee Company, a small Massachusetts roaster trying to to make some big changes in the coffee industr...

Web Resource: iGourmet

We've mentioned before that we love online shopping for gourmet food items. Another of our favorite online resources is iGourmet, who we really like for cheese purchases....

Good Question: Best Burr Grinder Under $100

I am looking to buy a new coffee grinder for my husband, a coffee lover. We currently have a Cuisinart blade grinder, but I would like to upgrade to a burr grinder. We use both a French press and a C...

Good Question: Can I Adapt European Appliances for American Electrical Outlets?

I live in Rome, Italy, and today I saw a sweet, sweet deal on an Illy FrancisFrancis X1 espresso machine. It is red. It is sexy. And even with the terrible exchange rate, it is still costs less than h...

NYC Events: Chocolate Walking Tour, Conference on Food in Schools, Coffee and Tea

It might finally be spring in New York! Today is supposed to be in the high 60s, so naturally we're already looking towards the weekend and hoping for some foodie outings. ...

Good Question: Help Me Find This Coffee Maker!

From reader Tracy: I'm looking for a very specific coffee maker and it simply looks like a ceramic mold of a coffee filter or just the part of a drip machine where you put the filter into. It's white...

Video: The Handpresso in Action
International Home and Housewares Show 2008

The International Home and Housewares Show has been a great opportunity to meet inventors and innovators in person. We were excited to meet the team behind a strange yet fascinating product we fea...

Word of Mouth: Moreish

Moreish adj. Addictive or nearly addictive; most often used to describe food or drink so good that you want more (primarily British and Australian in usage). We are big fans of Agatha Christie; her b...

eBay Scavenger: Vintage Fortune Cookie Maker

This is coming a little late for Lunar New Year but we couldn't pass up this vintage Fortune Cookie Maker. The incredibly retro box really had us going; was this for real? It's currently going for $...

Design Friday: Cream and Sugar from Jorine Oosterhoff

All this talk of coffee and we are thinking of cream and sugar bowls. We saw these incredibly whimsical sugar bowls and creamers at i suwanee and had to pass them on. They're by Jorine Oosterhoff an...

Baking Lab: Why Did Our Cake Fall Flat?

Last week we shared a recipe for Coffee Cake with Coffee Glaze - a moist, fluffy cake flavored with coffee and just a hint of cocoa. The recipe that we posted was not, however, our first attempt. ...

Nomadic Espresso: The Handpresso

Have you seen the Handpresso? It's a marriage of a bicycle pump and an espresso machine - two very functional items that obviously belong together. Right? OK, maybe not. It's a portable espresso mac...

Expert Interview: Allegro Coffee Buyer Christy Thorns

As we wrap up our intensive coffee coverage of the last week or two, we wanted to go straight to the source for some in-depth answers. Meet Christy Thorns, a coffee-buyer for Allegro Coffee. She wor...

Good Question: How to Make the Perfect Cafe au Lait?

All the coffe coverage has Cortney thinking about perfect cafe au lait... Any tips on how to make the perfect cafe au lait? Whether it was in Paris, Bilbao or Madrid, the ones I had in Europe were so...

Artisan Interview: Joel Domreis of Courier Coffee

Joel Domreis of Courier Coffee Roasters in Portland, Oregon, has a business we envy. He roasts coffee in careful small batches, then delivers it by bike to a few select customers. How does someone...

Coffee Cup of the Day: Brugo Travel Mug

The Brugo travel mug is a cup built with obsessive attention to detail - all to avoid that unpleasant tongue-scalding associated with the first sip of coffee. ...