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You love your coffee, that’s for sure. The smells, the sounds, the tastes get your senses going. But how truly devoted are you to your morning brew? It’s time to put your love to the test, and separate the brew buffs from the wannabes (or wannabrews!) Take the quiz, and share your results! You'll find the answers at the bottom, but no peeking!Read now
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The Life of the Coffee Bean
Read nowWhether it is a business meeting or catching up with friends, chatting over a cup of coffee brings people together. Coffee helps us make it through the work day without strangling our co-workers and helps students cram for finals. Coffee...
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Anatomy of a Coffee Roaster
Read nowRoasting coffee is a nuanced process that involves applying heat to green coffee beans to draw out their natural oils and roast them to a point where they become that deep brown color we’re all familiar with. There are many...
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10 Awesome Facts About Coffee
Read nowCoffee, that wonder black drink that is so popular throughout the world. Just about everyone in every culture drinks coffee. Not only does it help you get through the work week, but it has some amazing health benefits. If...
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Coffee How-To: The Toddy Maker
Read nowWhen it comes to brewing a high-quality cup of coffee, there are a number of different brewing methods—there’s the popular French press, the less common vacuum brewer, the drip grind, and the toddy maker, to name a few. Today, we’re...
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How to Avoid Bitter Coffee
We could imagine nothing worse than a poorly prepared cup of coffee. Only when you practice the proper brewing techniques, can you fully appreciate and understand different flavor profiles. Many coffee consumers are frequently under the misconception that all coffee is bitter. With more than a few years of experience in the coffee business, we can confidently tell you that this is not necessarily true. When coffee is brewed correctly, you shouldn’t experience an unpleasant bitterness.Read now -
Does Coffee Make You More Creative?
Read nowCoffee is the second most popular beverage in the world, only after water. Not only is it delicious, but everyone from great thinkers to budding artists everywhere have found the consumption of coffee to be a source of inspiration, not just...
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The Daily Grind: How You Should be Grinding Coffee (But Probably Aren’t)
Nothing hits the spot like a cup of freshly ground coffee. If done just prior to brewing, you can truly bring out the aroma and fresh flavor. There is more that goes into properly ground coffee than you may expect.Read now -
Four Unconventional Ways to Use Your Coffee Grounds
Read nowAfter you brew your cup of coffee each day, what do you do with the leftover coffee grounds? Naturally, you would simply throw it away and think nothing of it. Stop! Coffee grounds have so much more value in everyday...