Michael Allen Smith

We have several tutorials on INeedCoffee that walk through the steps on how to make cold brew coffee. But until now we haven’t written a guide for making iced coffee. The terms cold brew coffee and iced coffee sometimes become interchanged, but they do have different meanings. And they taste different too. Cold Brew vs Iced […]

In my previous article, How to Make Pour-Over Coffee With the Gabi Drip Master, I showed you an innovative coffee dripper that simplified pour-over coffee in a few ways. Besides the cool waterspout which controls the flow of water over the grounds in a slow controlled manner, the top chamber of the Gabi Drip Master was […]

The first time I had cold brew coffee, I didn’t like it at all. I used a Toddy with coffee that was ground too fine and I didn’t know I was making a concentrate, so the coffee was much too strong. It would be years before I would try cold brew coffee again. I’m so […]

This article is an expansion of the troubleshooting table inside the French Press Coffee Tutorial. I’ve brewed a lot of coffee using the French Press. Along the way, I’ve developed a checklist of steps to take to improve the taste. There are variables that are easy to correct and some that take a little effort. Before you […]