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Appreciation of coffee and everything around it. Started at UChicago, now borderless; active only in caffeine induced spurts.
The simple idea that coffee should be an experience to savor and not just a means of sustenance. Started at UChicago by two coffee aficionados hoping to spread the love and knowledge of great coffee. We run coffee appreciation workshops, pop-up coffee brew bars, review coffee places and share all that we learn and love. The appreciation lives on, but this page is now updated only in caffeine induc
04/16/2016
While the SCAA is happening in Atlanta, here's something from another part of the globe.
Kyiv Coffee Festival This is "Kyiv Coffee Festival" by jhenya on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
01/13/2016
Fascinating stuff!
How does a tiny coffee pest consume enough caffeine to kill a human, without being harmed? The coffee berry borer is a plague that affects coffee crops, it has a detoxification system based on microbial communities, therefore, is able to perform its life cycle in this plant, exposed to high levels of caffeine, being able to consume the equivalent to 500 espressos, a level so high of the s…
09/13/2015
We may or may not have perpetuated some of these and we might be sorry about that. But it is a good read!
CoffeeGeek - Real Espresso Myths that Need Busting Late last year, ChefSteps put out an educational series on making espresso in the home. The series was done in conjunction with the folks at La Marzocco Home. It's a good series of educational videos on making espresso and the things that surround it, but I had two criticisms of the videos, one min…
07/02/2015
3-D print your way to a tidy coffee corner!
Aeropress Stand by Cingerick A stand for all the parts of the aeropress when they're not in use
05/27/2015
Tamago Coffee & Bikes, a new addition to the Hyde Park community, serving great coffee (from Gaslight Coffee Roasters today) and BANG BANG PIES! We'll definitely visit again.
04/15/2015
Adorbs!
Is This The Cutest Li'l Coffee Roaster In The World? - Sprudge Sometimes it’s the cute stuff that catches my eye. I’m only human. And so that’s why I couldn’t get enough of this happy little roaster at SCAA 2015, called the Aillio Bullet R1, with its cute little legs and round little butt. It’s a 1-kilo sample roaster designed in Denmark and built in Taiwan, wh…
03/20/2015
One of us at is in Ithaca and got to try the 2014 Rwanda COE made with a Kalita at Gimme! Coffee. Lovely.
03/14/2015
Did you know that the Chemex was a 40s invention from NYC?
Journey To The Center Of The Chemex Factory - Sprudge In a story three years in the making, Sprudge Associate Editor Liz Clayton visits the Chemex coffee maker factory in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
03/11/2015
We discovered a gold mine today! Just kidding, but kafster's map of specialty coffee roasters by state is pretty cool. Anyone know of great roasters in that could be added to it?
02/17/2015
Espresso differences in different brew styles!
Brew Ratios Around the World Written by Ben Blake Brewing espresso seems like a pretty straightforward process, but there are actually quite a few variables that we’re looking to control and balance at one time in order to get...
01/13/2015
We built a travel kit! Here's to bringing good coffee everywhere you go this 2015.
*We are not affiliated with Herschel Supply Co. It just fit our purposes.
1-up the butter coffee with egg coffee.
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