Coffee N’ Beans

County supervisor guest at Coffee with Mayor (Hi-Desert Star)
YUCCA VALLEY - County Supervisor Dennis Hansberger will be the guest speaker at Coffee with the Mayor at 7 a.m. Tuesday in the Yucca Valley Community Center’s Yucca Room.

Brewing Turkish Coffee

CoffeeGeek serves up a primer on how to brew using one of the oldest continuing methods of making a fine cup of coffee - the Turkish (or Greek!) way.
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Gaggia MDF Espresso, Al Sterling

Bottom Line: This is your best value "starting point" to properly support your semi-auto machine
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Health Benefits of Herbal Teas
With cold winter weather almost here, it’s a perfect time to experiment with some new herbal teas to help boost your health. Here is a list of many common herbs used in tea, with a breakdown of their basic health-related…

Popular Espresso Machine Features
Cup warmers, frothing wands, water filters and so much more. What features are important to you in an espresso machine? Did you even know that espresso machines came with so many bells & whistles? Here are the typical features that…

Hot Tea for Cool Weather
Fall is coming and you’ll soon be trading your iced tea for a mug of hot tea. There are still plenty of variations to choose from. Here are a few of my favorite tea recipes: Kashmiri Tea - A chai…

Maayanot Eden buys Normat coffee firm (Haaretz Daily)
Maayanot Eden recently signed an agreement with the Norfolk Group food services company to buy Normat, Norfolk’s coffee activities, for NIS 8.4 million.

Gaggia Titanium Super Automatic, Robert Hadley

Bottom Line: Great first impressions, but disappointments abounded.
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The Hard Drive Coffee Table (Addict 3D)
The Hard Drive Coffee Table might itself be amazing enough as is, were it not for the fact that it’s actually a proper Control Data Corporation 6603 Disk File Controller from Bryant-Excello circa 1967.

Coffee, Tea and Religion
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has recently begun, which got me thinking about food and religion. Coffee and tea are generally benign beverages with little spiritual significance, but some religions do have dietary restrictions that involve these two drinks….

Brewing Turkish Coffee

CoffeeGeek serves up a primer on how to brew using one of the oldest continuing methods of making a fine cup of coffee - the Turkish (or Greek!) way.
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KitchenAid ProLine Grinder First Look

CoffeeGeek takes a first look at the all metal, seriously built "ProLine" offering in the grinder category from KitchenAid
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Vibiemme Domobar Super

CoffeeGeek takes a first look at a heat exchanging, E61 equipped machine that stands out from the crowd on more than a few features.
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Brewing Turkish Coffee

CoffeeGeek serves up a primer on how to brew using one of the oldest continuing methods of making a fine cup of coffee - the Turkish (or Greek!) way.
Read more…

Top Coffee Recipe Books
Every coffee drinker should have at least one recipe book on the shelf, just for recipes with coffee. Some of these recipe books are just for coffee or espresso drinks, but some of them also have great collections of dessert…

Starbucks sees growing demand for drive-thru coffee (USA Today)
The world’s largest specialty coffee chain once shunned the drivethru concept, fearing it might alienate customers who like to come inside and sip their lattes. But it couldn’t ignore coffee lovers’ demand for a quick java fix without leaving the warmth of their driver’s seats.

Cinnamon coffee bars (San Jose Mercury News)
Cream together shortening or butter, brown sugar and egg, then stir in coffee. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Blend in raisins and walnuts. Spread mixture in a greased 9-by-13-inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes.

Single-serving coffee makers make for a latte competition (Omaha World-Herald)
Rolled out last year, the first generation of single-serve machines makes little more than coffee. The next-generation machines, which were introduced this holiday season, do a bit more. They claim to make coffee-shop-quality coffee, lattes, cappuccino, hot chocolate and tea.

Coffee Shop Owner Detained For Possessing `Ketum’ Leaves, Powder (Bernama)
ALOR STAR, Dec 24 (Bernama) — Police on Saturday seized a sackful of raw `ketum’ leaves, four small packets of ketum leaf powder and 30 packs of ketum leaf water at a coffee shop at Kampung Telok Bulang, Mukim Tebenggau in Kuala Kedah, here.

Popular Espresso Machine Features
Cup warmers, frothing wands, water filters and so much more. What features are important to you in an espresso machine? Did you even know that espresso machines came with so many bells & whistles? Here are the typical features that…

Coffee Librarian 2005
A collection of the 2005 Coffee Librarian segments from our newsletter.

Living For The Mornings Part 3
The Old Coffee Cup, A Coffee Stir Up, Coffee Levels the Mornings and Coffee Caf Atmosphere.

Inanimate Objects Comics #20
The 20th installment of Inanimate Objects.