Amazing Coffee Cup Art I recently came across a collection of amazing coffee cup art. Cheeming Boey draws on foam coffee cups with a sharpie. I thought this was just too good to not share. Check out the collection of photos on Flickr. Click here to view the images. Here’s the background story on Boey.
I’m sure you’ve seen it, at the bottom of some packages of coffee or on directions of coffee makers… “Use cold water when brewing your coffee”. But, why would it matter if you use warm or cold water when brewing, if the water will get hot anyway? When you see the disclaimer advising you to [...]
2009 proved to be a growing year for us… we started out using vacuum sealed bags and mid-year changed over to packing our coffee with heat-sealed kraft bags. We also upgraded our roasting and packing equipment as well as introduced our new logo and branding during the summer. This past fall, we launched an updated [...]
This morning, as I made myself a french press of coffee, roasted 3 days ago, I thought I would take a picture of the french press as it brewed. This picture is taken about 30 seconds after pouring near-boiling water on top of coffee, ground just seconds before. From the picture, you can see that [...]
Here are a few coffee articles I found interesting in the news and tweeted to my followers on Twitter this past week: Downtown coffee shop pulls plug on power-hungry patrons A big debate is brewing between coffee shop owners; should they continue offering free Internet access to patrons, knowing a few will stay for hours, [...]
Flavored Coffee and Maintaining Quality. Lots of people like to drink flavored coffee… I enjoy it occasionally, but whenever I get flavored coffee at the local coffee shop or someone’s house, it never seems to taste very good. Have you ever noticed how bitter and bland the brew usually tastes? It’s like a mixture of [...]
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 [...]
Do light or dark roasts have more caffeine? I was recently asked by a Twitter follower “why does dark roast coffee have more caffeine?”. A lot of people believe that just because the beans were roasted dark and have a burnt taste, that means that the coffee is “stronger” and has more caffeine… but that [...]
Here are a few coffee articles I found interesting in the news and tweeted to my followers on Twitter this past week: Freshness valve keeps coffee beans at their peak If you want fresh roasted coffee to stay fresh and great tasting, it’s so important to properly store beans to maximize flavor. Always store coffee [...]
Nothing’s better than brewing your own coffee at home with fresh roasted coffee beans… but sometimes you want to get out of the house, or you’re on the road, or maybe you’re meeting up with a friend and need to find a good, quality coffee house to visit. Finding one can be difficult, though. Some [...]
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