There are many ways to roast coffee at home. One of the most basic and least expensive methods is the oven. Yes, you can easily roast your own coffee at home using an oven. It doesn’t make the brightest, most flavorful coffee, but it works. If you’ve never home roasted coffee before, you may be […]
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Nanopresso Portable Espresso Maker Tutorial
Recently, I received a cool little coffee gadget called the Nanopresso. Without power, this little coffee maker uses a built-in pump to generate enough pressure to make espresso shots. If you are looking for something that makes espresso but are on a budget or you don’t have the counter space for a dedicated machine, read […]
20 Years of INeedCoffee
Twenty years ago today on April 4th, 1999, INeedCoffee.com went online with our first article. We are still here. Still brewing. Still posting. History INeedCoffee was started while I was living in the Washington DC Metro. I had just moved there from Tampa Bay, where I had another web site called the Tampa Bay Coffee […]
10 Reasons I Love Cold Brew Coffee
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 […]
Hacking Dark Roast – Tips on Brewing a Better Bold Coffee
There was a time when I used to like the taste of dark roasted coffee, but over the years that roasty bold flavor that I used to enjoy began to taste bitter and ashy. Recently, I decided to revisit my old dark roasted friend to see if we could improve our relationship. I wanted to solve the […]
Meeting Up With The Green Coffee Buying Club
While researching the economics of home coffee roasting, I wanted to learn more about a green coffee buying cooperative. Green bean coffee cooperatives are groups that pool their money together to buy sizes of unroasted coffee that are usually only available to commercial roasters. Fortunately, I knew that INeedCoffee contributor Chris Arnold was active with […]