Archive for October, 2006

Spa Products by BodyCoffee I’ve recently discovered an entire line

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Spa Products by BodyCoffee
I’ve recently discovered an entire line of spa products that use coffee grounds, coffee extracts and coffee blossom scents. BodyCoffee has captured the theraputic qualities of coffee in their body…

Philips Coffee Brewers - All, Eddie Dove Bottom Line: This

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Philips Coffee Brewers - All, Eddie Dove
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Bottom Line: This may be for the person that needs the "cup of joe on the go, but it is not for the coffee connoisseur.
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Pumpkin Time!
Halloween is coming up, and that means candy and costumes! Well, it also means pumpkins to most people. You can put some Halloween pumpkins in your cup with pumpkin spice…

Tempest in a coffee cup boils over (San Francisco Chronicle)

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Tempest in a coffee cup boils over (San Francisco Chronicle)
Thanks to some big names and questions about strings being pulled, what started as a little coffee toss in San Francisco’s Marina district has turned into a full-blown police potboiler, with two cops under investigation and a deputy district attorney…

Types of Tea Photos
All true tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant. But the different types of tea stem from the processing, with 3 main varieties: black, oolong, and green. Take a quick…

Stone Creek Coffee closing downtown store (BizJournals) Stone Creek Coffee

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Stone Creek Coffee closing downtown store (BizJournals)
Stone Creek Coffee Roasters said Friday that it will be closing its downtown Milwaukee store Dec. 30.

Breville 800ESXL, Mario Mejia Bottom Line: Beautiful-Solid-Friendly- Excellent for Cappas,

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Breville 800ESXL, Mario Mejia
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Bottom Line: Beautiful-Solid-Friendly- Excellent for Cappas, not good for Golden Rule Espresso.
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Starbucks in Ethiopia coffee row (BBC News) Ethiopian farmers are

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Starbucks in Ethiopia coffee row (BBC News)
Ethiopian farmers are being denied millions in profits by US coffee chain Starbucks, Oxfam says.

Starbucks denies getting heavy over Ethiopian coffee (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US coffee giant Starbucks said that attempts by Ethiopia to trademark three coffee bean types would be bad economics and bad for Ethiopian farmers.

Morning coffee: Oct. 23 (USA Today) Not much caffeine today.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Morning coffee: Oct. 23 (USA Today)
Not much caffeine today. But a Times article on research shenanigans that leads off the coffee is the equivalent of like 5 stories…. NY Times– A typically long, interesting story from the magazine gives the history of a sketchy researcher….

Tamping Science, Theory and Practice, Part One
Tamping Science, Theory and Practice, Part One

In the first of a three part series looking at the art and science of tamping for espresso, Mark Prince examines developments in the field half a decade ago.
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Inanimate Objects Comics #25 The 25th Installment of Inanimate Objects.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Inanimate Objects Comics #25
The 25th Installment of Inanimate Objects.

Inanimate Objects Comics #26
The 26th Installment of Inanimate Objects.

iRoast 2 Home Coffee Roaster We take a first look

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

iRoast 2 Home Coffee Roaster
iRoast 2 Home Coffee Roaster

We take a first look walkaround the iRoast 2 - a fluid bed air coffee roaster that lets you set custom profiles for achieving unique and standout roasts and blends.
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The Coffee Art Corporation Original coffee art from Ryan L.

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

The Coffee Art Corporation
Original coffee art from Ryan L. Lewis.