The other day, I received the Walküre Kaffemaschine in the mail. It’s the smaller Karlsbad model, 038, for those keeping score at home. Made entirely of porcelain, it comprises four pieces in all: server, filter, dispersion piece, and lid. You really have to see it in action to make sense of how it works, and… [Read more…]
June 23, 2011
So, it all started with this. Collin Moody and Neil Oney, caring coffee guys that they are, decided to chime in with a little advice. If Collin had his way, I would use a dirty sock, while Neil wanted to see me drink some instant coffee. Either way… gross! Of course, me being me, I… [Read more…]
June 19, 2011
Editor’s note: I’ve written and re-written the start to this post about ten times now. I kind of wish I had an animated GIF showing exactly what I typed so that you could see proof of this, but I don’t, so you’ll have to take my word for it. (Too bad, ’cause it would look… [Read more…]
June 15, 2011
“With great power comes great responsibility.” Though it seems others before Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben employed this maxim, I do tend to think of its influence upon my thinking as being rooted in Spider-Man. These days, I certainly feel it; Peter Parker I am undoubtedly not, but greatly responsible? Absolutely. I’ve been blessed and tasked… [Read more…]
June 13, 2011
Since Mr. Darren Middlename Jennings not-so-subtly hinted that I need to blog more, I’m going ahead and writing. A while back, I wrote about how I was going to blog, every day, some little tidbit I’d learned about coffee that day. For a while, I kept that up on my tumblr site, but I’ve dropped… [Read more…]
June 10, 2011
A lot of you folks don’t know this, but I used to surf quite a bit. When someone found out I was born and raised in Hawai’i, one of the first questions was often, “Do you surf?” I’d smile a little and nod my head. “Do you miss it?” Another little smile, another nod. “Man,… [Read more…]
June 4, 2011
In light of the the hype and excitement surrounding tomorrow’s World Barista Championship finals, I thought that a little perspective — albeit from a year ago — might be helpful. Ice brew, cold brew, and… gold brew? Chris Deferio doesn’t post to his blog much, but when he does, I listen. The only two posts… [Read more…]
May 31, 2011
So. A one-time resident and sometime-guest of my current reisdence, Dr. Kevin Mc… er, we’ll just call him Doc, wanted to learn how to use a French Press. I don’t like to teach without leaving a student without some sort of indelible experience to harken back to, so I did what everyone does when they… [Read more…]
May 6, 2011
Many don’t realize this, but I’ve only worked as a barista for about a half a year now. During that time, I’ve certainly been broken of a few presumptions, seen some habits come and go, and developed a healthy hunger to learn and improve more. That said, I think it might be fun — even… [Read more…]
April 29, 2011
Note: This is the first in a series of ongoing posts on what I’m learning about coffee. I figure that if I try to grow whatever tiny bit of knowledge I have on a daily basis, it’ll eventually add up to something somewhat significant… maybe even helpful. The idea behind writing down what I’m learning… [Read more…]
June 24, 2011
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