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Available for download: the Bloom coffee timer app for iPhone & iPod Touch
The Analog Agency, a firm based in Springfield, Missouri, and run by coffee fan Jeremy Boles, has produced a useful and customizable coffee brewing app for the iPhone and iPod Touch called “Bloom – Coffee Timer.”
Brewing Workshop & Coffee Tasting
The Coffee Ethic in downtown Springfield, Missouri, is hosting a Brewing Workshop & Coffee Tasting event on Sunday, February 27 from 2 p.m to 5 p.m.. They will be teaching you more about brewing with Chemex brewers and Press Pot/French Press and helping you figure out how to make better coffee at home. All are [...]
Remote control your coffee maker with Twitter
Use an Arduino board, controller switch and a downloadable script to turn your coffee maker on and off using Twitter
Moka pot brewing at home made easy
Today I noticed Stumptown’s brewing guides section on their website. How cool! They have photo-driven brewing guides for press pots, Chemex, moka pots, vacuum brewers, Melitta pourover drippers, espresso and Cafe Solo brewing.
All-analog, hand-brewed coffee
The Oregonian posted a solid piece last week about pourover coffee brewing, referring to it as “all-analog” and “hand-brewed”, talking through the ins and out of pourovers, why you would take the time to have hand-poured drip coffee, and even providing a how-to video and hardware purchase recommendations.
Video and review of the Coffee Catcher for your French press
After my recent post about the Coffee Catcher, a kitchen gadget designed to speed up your cleaning of your French press coffee press pot, the people from Kaffeologie, who make the Coffee Catcher, contacted me to see if I wanted to try one out. Since I’m an avid French press brewer, and I’m always up [...]
Let the Coffee Catcher help you with French press cleanup
On weekends when I brew my own coffee at home, I usually use a French press. As you may know, French presses are great for brewing a good cup of coffee, but they’re a little bit of a pain to clean up. When you’re done with the brewing, you have a clump of grounds smashed [...]
7 Ways to Celebrate National Coffee Day
Today is National Coffee Day. I honestly didn’t realize that until I saw it filling up my Twitter screen from all my online coffee friends, so a hearty National Coffee Day to you! It got me thinking — what are good ways to celebrate National Coffee Day? I’ve come up with ten for your reading [...]
A Tanzania coffee side-by-side: Heroes vs. Intelligentsia
Recently I’ve been sampling the roasts from Heroes Coffee, a local coffee roaster based here in Springfield, Missouri. Heroes Coffee also owns the Heroes Coffee Cafe located at the corner of National Avenue and Chestnut Expressway in Springfield, which is one of the shops taking part in our 417Coffee Disloyalty Card. It’s the best location [...]
Announcing the 417Coffee Disloyalty Card
Today I’m excited to announce the launch of the 417Coffee Disloyalty Card! What’s a disloyalty card, you ask? We’ve all used loyalty cards before — a punch card or swipe card that encourages you to visit the same coffee shop over and over for some kind of benefit or perk once you buy the right [...]
