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 […]
Make Concentrated Cold Brew Coffee With the Penguin Coffee
In the past few years, I’ve seen cold brew coffee makers get better and better. How does a method of coffee brewing that requires no electricity get better? After all, making cold brew coffee is really just a few steps. Soak ground coffee in water for a day and then filter out the grounds. How […]
Moka Pot Coffee Dispenser Review
To be honest, I don’t often brew coffee with my Moka Pot. It seems like too much of a hassle. Getting the perfect amount of coffee in the filter without packing it too tightly or without making a mess on the counter with loose grounds is something that gets old real fast, especially when you […]