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Michael Allen Smith is both a coffee fanatic and a web developer. In April 1999, he combined these two interests and started the coffee website INeedCoffee.com. His personal blog, which covers a wide range of topics, is Critical MAS.

Troubleshooting French Press Coffee

November 19, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Troubleshooting french press coffee tips

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 […]

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Exploring the Best Coffee Roasters in America

November 2, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Prior to COVID lockdowns, I loved exploring new coffee shops. It was my sport. I’ve been to hundreds of different coffee shops mostly along the West Coast. From British Columbia to San Diego. During a 6-month period in 2014, I visited almost 70 different cafes just in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the lockdown, […]

Filed Under: Coffee Business

Making Cold Brew Coffee in a French Press

October 24, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

French Press Cold Brew

Here on INeedCoffee, we have several coffee brewing tutorials for making cold brew coffee. You can buy a Primula, a Toddy, or a cold brew filter pouch. Or maybe you don’t need a dedicated coffee brewer at all. That is what we decided to find out. We wanted to repurpose one of our existing brewers […]

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The Upside Down AeroPress Coffee Brewing Tutorial

October 17, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

upside down (inverted) aeropress coffee brewing tutorial

When it comes to brewing coffee with the AeroPress Coffee Maker, there are two main methods. The first method is described both in the directions that ship with the Aerobie AeroPress as well as our AeroPress Coffee Maker Tutorial. It is the regular top-down straight-forward brewing method. The second method is known as the inverted […]

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Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe

August 4, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Homemade Coffee Ice Cream

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 […]

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The Cosori Pour Over Coffee Maker

June 28, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Cosori Pour Over Coffee-Maker

When I first saw the Cosori Pour Over Coffee Maker I saw the resemblance immediately. It looks a lot like a Chemex except that the brewer is set up to use a metal cone filter instead of a paper filter. Why would you want to use a metal filter instead of the thick Chemex paper […]

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