Inside The Bean

Mazzer Mini Grinder, Michael Aneiro

Bottom Line: This grinder has made me a better human being.
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How to Roast Coffee Beans in a Home Roaster
Roasting your own beans is not just for the die-hard gourmet. It’s a simple and easy process that only takes a few minutes. Here is a step-by-step series of photos…

New Senseo Pods Available
Senseo has several new kinds of pods available for their coffee makers: Cappuccino Pods - I thought these were a fabulous idea. These extra-thick pods contain powdered creamer along with the…

Hard Water
Sounds like a bit of an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Well, hard water can be a real problem for a variety of reasons, like how it effects the tasete of…

Holiday Espresso Eggnog

Just in time for Christmas, Arthur Wynne offers up some traditional holiday eggnog, with a twist - adding espresso to the mix! Enjoy, and Merry Christmas everyone!
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Aylett Nurseries The Complete Garden Centre We currently have the following vacancies in our team COFFEE HOUSE … (St Albans Observer)
Flexible days and hours throughout the week and weekends. These positions involve general coffee house duties, serving customers, and clearing tables. Previous experience preferred. Applicants must be reliable, friendly and able to work as part of a team.

Gaggia Coffee Espresso Machine, Christopher Bibbs

Bottom Line: Good machine for the money. Not too pretty, but up to a heavy duty cycle.
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Polite protesters bring cookies, get coffee (MSNBC)
There’s no shouting or violence at this California sit-in. It’s more like they stopped by for coffee and cookies at the office of a moderate Democratic congresswoman and never left.

Coffee klatch pores over governor’s speech (Rochester Eccentric)
At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, as he does every morning, John Modetz walks into the Panera Bakery at Walton and Livernois for coffee with friends. During the next hour, one after another of the group he calls “the Panerians” drops by.

Moka Pots - All Types, Ed Mason

Bottom Line: A very simple way to brew good coffee.  Unbeatable value, time-proven design
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Genes involved in coffee quality have been identified (PhysOrg)
To maintain their incomes, growers are increasingly banking on producing quality coffee. However, improving coffee beverage quality means knowing more about the biological processes - flowering, fruit ripening, etc - that determine end product characteristics.

Starbucks Coffee Ranks No. 16 on FORTUNE’s 2007 Best Companies to Work For (CNN Money)
Starbucks Coffee (SBUX) ranks no. 16 on FORTUNE’s 2007 Best Companies to Work For list this year. The Seattle-based company was ranked 29 on the 2006 list.

Exploring Irish Coffee

Our resident mixologist and barista extraordinare, Arthur Wynne starts his new column with a Celtic bang - an in depth look at the coffee beverage synonymous with Ireland - the Irish Coffee… plus a bonus signature drink!
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Coffee or lunch? Many of you would go with the joe (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
What would you do for a cup of joe? Some coffee drinkers would go that extra mile for the fix, according to a recent survey.

Coffee House Shares The Love Of Music (WLUC TV 6)
Future musicians will get their chance to learn how to play, thanks to the 8th Street Coffee House in Escanaba. The shop hosts several folk music workshops throughout the year.

My Salute to Chai Tea
I enjoy tea in its many forms, but when the weather is particularly cold out, I find chai to really warm me up. Chai is not complicated, nor is it…

McDonald’s coffee beats 3 big rivals in magazine’s test (Chicago Tribune)
Consumer Reports compares taste, cost McDonald’s Corp.’s coffee tastes better and costs less than brew from Starbucks Corp., Burger King Holdings Inc. and Dunkin’ Donuts, Consumer Reports magazine said.

Ascaso Steel Duo Espresso Machine

We take a product walkaround view of the new machine from Spain-based Ascaso: the Ascaso Steel Duo, a dual heater (boiler / thermoblock) espresso machine.
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What Kind of Coffee Drink are You?
They say you are what you eat, but perhaps you also are what you drink! Find out what kind of coffee drink suits your personality. Are you a trendy cappuccino,…

Could coffee protect your liver against alcohol? (New Scientist)
New research suggests coffee drinkers have a reduced risk of alcoholic cirrhosis than non-coffee drinkers, though the mechanism is unclear

Ascaso Steel Duo Espresso Machine

We take a product walkaround view of the new machine from Spain-based Ascaso: the Ascaso Steel Duo, a dual heater (boiler / thermoblock) espresso machine.
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Coffee Infused Vodka
There are a great many site out there which go into detail on flavor infused vodkas, but some of their recipes fall flat and some of them are just too vague.