One of the great things to happen in home coffee brewing in recent years has been the innovation in cold brew coffee gear. What do I mean by innovation? After all, a cold brewer doesn’t require power or need to maintain a specific temperature. A cold coffee brewer is simply a vessel for letting ground […]
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Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe
Over ten years ago I tried to make homemade ice cream. I forgot the name of the ice cream maker, but it was terrible. It took way too long, required adding lots of ice and the end result had an awful texture. Since then I’ve been buying all my own ice cream, but recently I […]
An Easy Guide to Making Cold Brew Coffee
In an earlier article titled Cold Brew Coffee is Not Rocket Science, I outlined just how easy it was to make cold brew coffee at home. No matter how you tackle the task of making cold brew, it all breaks down to some basic steps: Grind coffee to a medium coarse or regular coarse setting. […]
The 5 Best Coffee Websites (2018)
It has been 21 years since I published my first coffee website. Before INeedCoffee launched in April 1999, I had a website that reviewed the coffee shops in Tampa Bay. I left that area in 1998 and that website went away. Since then I’ve seen numerous coffee websites start and quit. Today I don’t follow […]
Making Lattes Without an Espresso Machine
All price references in this article are in US Dollars. Most coffee fans know that you need an espresso machine to make a latte. Lattes be they iced or hot require espresso and espresso come from an espresso machine. And unlike most coffee brewers which can be purchased for under $100 and often under $50, […]
A Coffee Lover’s Guide to Tea
I never had much respect for tea. I enjoyed the beverage, but it didn’t hold my interest like coffee. That all changed in September 2007. I went to a tea shop in Seattle and tried several teas. Not the boring Earl Grey or the herbal crap, but really high-quality loose leaf tea. I got to drink […]
