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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, […]

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Meet the Coffee Robot

May 20, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Meet the Coffee Robot

Recently, I watched a very cool video of a robot that was capable of making espresso drinks. This wasn’t a vending style machine where the coffee is being made under-the-hood. This robot has an arm that actually was pulling espresso shots from an espresso machine. The coffee robot is called the Rozum Café. I was […]

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Coffee Process From Plant to Roast

July 18, 2019 by Allen J Pais

Coffee Processing

This article will serve as a basic guideline for the different stages a coffee plant goes through as it makes its way from plant to ready for roasting. Depending on your climatic condition and elevation, you can expect your picking time to be 7-9 months from the date of your first blossom. This will happen […]

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7 Easy Tricks to Make Your Coffee More Eco-Friendly

November 29, 2018 by Raza Imam

7 Easy Tricks

Coffee is among the most popular drinks in the world, if not the most popular drink in the world. Unfortunately, all of those coffee drinkers are unknowingly taking a pretty toll on the environment. Just think about how many coffee drinkers there are in the US. Imagine the coffee shops, office coffee makers, home coffee […]

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The Best Trends in Specialty Coffee (2018)

September 23, 2018 by Michael Allen Smith

Best Trends in Coffee

Last year, I wrote a list of complaints that I had about specialty coffee. You can read those at Things I Would Like to See Improved in Specialty Coffee (2017). With the exception of #2 (Bus Trays) and #4 (Mugs without Handles), most of those issues are still a problem. Unfortunately. However, there are lots of […]

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The 5 Best Coffee Websites (2018)

July 18, 2018 by Michael Allen Smith

the 5 best coffee websites

It has been 21 years since I published my first coffee website. Before INeedCoffee launched in April 1999, I had a website that reviewed the coffee shops in Tampa Bay. I left that area in 1998 and that website went away. Since then I’ve seen numerous coffee websites start and quit. Today I don’t follow […]

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