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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. ...

Lunchtime Survey: Have You Ever Roasted Coffee at Home?

Our post on home coffee roasting mecca Sweet Maria's made us curious about our readers and roasting coffee at home. We remember when we first had a friend who did this. He used a hot air popcorn pop...

Cowboy Coffee: Boiled with Eggshells

We've reviewed all sorts of special gadgets and methods for making your morning cup of coffee, but what if you're stuck without a coffee pot, a French press, an Aeropress, or a Chemex? Other than ru...

Coffee Methods: The Costa Rican Chorreador

French press, drip brewer, Chemex, and... the chorreador? Yes, if you live in Costa Rica....

Sweet Maria's Home Coffee Roasting Supplies: Online

In the world of intense coffee passion and - dare we say it - geekery, Sweet Maria's looms large. If you have ever even considered roasting coffee yourself, then you've almost certainly checked out ...

Lunchtime Survey: How Do You Drink Your Coffee?

Breville's Die Cast Espresso Machine

We've been talking a lot about coffee since this Bittersweet Baking thing got underway. To celebrate, to keep us awake, and to keep us in our chairs blogging and not running out for lattes, we starte...

Good Product: Aeropress Coffee Maker

We have been curious about the Aeropress coffee maker for a long time, and last fall we asked if anyone had tried it. We had some encouraging comments, and so recently we picked one up. All we can s...

Flickr Find: Coffee-Chocolate Cupcakes

Photo by Flickr member chotda Coffee, chocolate, and mascarpone cream......