Here are a few coffee articles I found interesting in the news and tweeted to my followers on Twitter this past week:
Coffee 101: What is latte art?
A short explanation of what latte art is, including a video of a barista making lattes of zoo animals (pretty neat!). You likely won’t find baristas making latte art at your local retail coffee chain, but you may be surprised if you have an independent coffee house near you.
Coffee mug-shaped cubicle is a cramped reminder of how much you hate your job
This is a very interesting cubicle created by a Brazillian designer… it’s a very small space in the shape of a coffee mug. It has a place for a laptop, a slot for you to hold your coffee, and a place for you to sit down… and that’s about it!
Clever coffee mug keeps your drink warm
Heat loss has long been a problem with drinking coffee out of mugs. My recommendation is to always rinse your mug out with hot water before you pour any coffee into it, as this lets the mug keep your coffee hot longer. Still, it doesn’t stay hot for long… but a German researcher has developed a way to keep hot coffee hot in your mug (or cold liquids cold). No, this isn’t a USB-powered mug warmer (although those do exist), this is a coffee mug made out of PCM (phase change material), the same stuff used in buildings to regulate heat, which can keep your coffee hot for up to 30 minutes.
10 Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Coffee
A short article outlining a few things we can do to make our coffee taste better. A few tips to note were #4, to store coffee at room temperature and #9, to not let your coffee “stew” on a warming plate. I agree with both of these. Coffee should never be stored in the freezer as coffee is porous and will soak up odors from its surroundings… and coffee shouldn’t be left on a warming plate, either, as the longer coffee sits there cooking, it actually changes the chemistry of the brew and the coffee will not taste fresh. Only brew how much you can drink within 30 minutes.
The top 5 worst coffee drinks in America
Do you know how many calories are in that large mocha you get at the local coffee shop or fast food restaurant? What about that large frozen cappuccino? You’d be surprised. You can make equally as delicious coffee drinks at home, even with better quality using fresh roasted coffee beans and using healthier alternatives than what you might find outside your home.
New Eco-Friendly Printer Needs No Ink, No Electricity, Just Used Coffee Grinds
A pretty neat concept, this printer uses used coffee grinds for printing. The printer also does not use electricity (the printing is done manually) so this is about as ‘green’ as you can get it. See my prior blog post on other uses for spent coffee grinds.
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