Brewing Coffee

The Clever Coffee Dripper has gotten a lot of buzz. The claim is that it offers the best of Drip and French Press, without the drawbacks of either. Clever Coffee Dripper – Insert Coffee Filter At its core it is very similar to a manual Melitta Cone Filter Coffeemaker, with a few nice additions: A […]

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 […]

Between panoramic fjords, the world’s greatest saunas and wild, cold-water salmon, the Nordic region of Europe should definitely be a place that you visit at some point in your life. Barring an actual trip, though, you can still get a taste of the locale by making and drinking the Swede’s unique take on java; egg […]

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 […]

Around 2005, I took a tour of Stone Brewing in Escondido, California. During the tour, I learned that one of the first steps they take when making their ales is to strip all the minerals out of the water and then rebuild the water using a custom mineral blend. The custom blend was designed to […]