Options to make the perfect cup of coffee
Posted by TheShot on 24 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Home Brew, Machine, Quality Issues
Something has to distract the media and bloggers from their self-indulgent, T&A love-affair with this week’s story about stripper baristas in the Seattle/Tacoma area. Today’s The Record (Stockton, CA) made a valiant effort: Recordnet.com: Options to make the perfect cup of coffee.
The article is a primer on the different coffee brewing methods and what might be right for your own home version of the café game. While the author generally provides some pretty sound information and advice, the suggestion to seek out a “local cooking or department store” for good equipment is something I heavily discourage. Most cooking and kitchen stores know only as much as restaurants when it comes to making good coffee — i.e., very little.
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on 03 Feb 2007 at 3:49 pm PT 1.Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Cup size is crucial said …
[...] The headline sounds like yet another addition to the popular “Bikini Espresso” story that refuses to just go away. But today’s London Times noted a Rush University (Chicago) study that showed a regular stream of coffee in espresso-sized doses does more for alertness than the “supersized American-style beverage bucket” of morning coffee: Cup size is crucial - Health - Times Online. [...]