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 […]
Troubleshooting French Press Coffee
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 […]
Our Guide to Coffee Mail Order Subscriptions
There are countless options when it comes to buying a coffee mail order subscription. In this post, I’m going to list off a few coffee roasters that both excel at roasting coffee and operating a subscription service. Also, I’m going to provide some tips to help you find other roasters should the ones listed below […]
Things I Would Like to See Improved in Specialty Coffee (2017)
Before I go into what I see as the problems with specialty coffee, I will provide some background on myself. In addition to being the publisher of INeedCoffee, I am a huge fan of going to coffee shops. In the last ten years, I have been to several hundred different cafes, mostly in Seattle but […]
Making Cold Brew Coffee With the Primula Coffee Maker
Cold brew coffee continues to surge in popularity. Most coffee shops are offering cold brew options. But you don’t need to spend a lot of money in the cafes because making cold brew coffee at home is easy. Save your cafe money for espresso based drinks. In this tutorial, we are going to make a […]
Red Espresso is Espresso Style Rooibos
I recently received something interesting to review. It is a product called Red Espresso. Red Espresso is a finely ground rooibos, which can be used to make a concentrated “espresso.” Before I begin the review, let us bring everyone up to speed on what rooibos is. Rooibos is not a coffee – nor, technically, is […]