Coffee N’ Beans

Top French Presses
Whether you call it a “French press” or a “plunger pot”, these little low-tech coffee makers can be very handy to have around. Not to mention that they can make…

Seattle tour operator launching coffee walk (Seattle Times)
Two-hour coffee crawl starts at Seattle’s Best Coffee in Pike Place Market and goes to Zeitgeist Kunst & Kaffee in Pioneer Square.

Carlos Martin

The story of a farm manager and the wonderful coffee he helped to produce for Finca Vista Hermosa, and the legacy he leaves behind. His life, and that of his son were tragically cut short by roadside bandits.
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Breville Espresso 800ESXL, William Matthews

Bottom Line: All form, no function
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Let’s Talk Coffee

Lois Maffeo jets from the Pacific Northwest down to the relationship-centered Let’s Talk Coffee event an annual gathering of growers and roasters that most recently took place in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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iPod coffee table - so Nhow (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
You don’t need me to tell you what this is, do you? Really? What, you didn’t hear about the leak before Apple’s announcement at WWDC? Oh, well, this is the new iPod coffee table, the, er, iCoffee.

Meeting Death for Coffee at Starbucks
Meeting Death for Coffee at Starbucks poem

MARKET TALK: ICE Coffee Rises; New Shorts Cover, CRB Up (INO News)
0950 EDT [Dow Jones] - ICE July arabica coffee is up 190 points at $1.3440 a pound, retracing some of Thursday’s losses, with Sep up 190 points. “July neared but held the unchanged level on a couple of tests this morning and bounced off that area,” a New York trader says.

Let’s Talk Coffee

Lois Maffeo jets from the Pacific Northwest down to the relationship-centered Let’s Talk Coffee event an annual gathering of growers and roasters that most recently took place in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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The Milk Frothing Guide

Everything you could possibly want to know about milk and milk frothing is presented to you by CoffeeGeek.com and Aaron Delazzer
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Colombian Coffee
Nothing represents coffee in the American psyche more than Juan Valdez and his mountain grown Colombian coffee. In 1959 we were introduced to the fictional character, complete with sombrero and poncho for effect, alongside his trusty donkey, or burro.

Before You Buy a Coffee Grinder
If you’ve decided to take the next step in getting fresh coffee each morning, you’ll be in the market for a good grinder for your roasted coffee beans. Don’t…

Before You Buy a Coffee Grinder
If you’ve decided to take the next step in getting fresh coffee each morning, you’ll be in the market for a good grinder for your roasted coffee beans. Don’t…

Top 10 Ways You Know You Are Really Into Coffee
Top 10 List of ways you know if you are *really* into Coffee.

Using a Siphon Coffee Maker

A text and visual walk through on how to use a siphon coffee device (also known as a vacpot, syphon coffee maker, vacuum brewer, etc). Includes some history and alternative techniques.
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Cafes and Roasters Weather Seasonal Extremes
From Coastal Maine to Cape Cod to the Jersey Shore to North Carolina s Outer Banks, hundreds of cafes and roasters in popular summer destinations choose persevere through the slow offseason.

No rise in breast cancer with coffee (TVNZ)
Results from a decades-long study may enable women to drink coffee or tea without worry that doing so will increase their risk for breast cancer, study findings suggest.

Vietnam Becomes Germanys Second Largest Coffee Exporter (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)
Vietnam has emerged as Germany’s second largest coffee exporter thanks to the local people’s growing demand for the product.

Revitalize Old Rubber Vac Pot Gaskets
I love vac pot coffee. What's not to love? It's fun to brew and the coffee is as good as brewed coffee can be, without the sediment you get with a press pot.

SCAA 2008 Minneapolis Preview

A preview of what to expect from our coverage of this year’s Specialty Coffee Association of America 2008 Trade Show and Conference, live from Minneapolis.
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Cafes and Roasters Weather Seasonal Extremes
From Coastal Maine to Cape Cod to the Jersey Shore to North Carolina s Outer Banks, hundreds of cafes and roasters in popular summer destinations choose persevere through the slow offseason.

Review of the i-Roast 2 Home Roaster
The i-Roast coffee bean roaster is a handy little kitchen gadget that can provide you with freshly roasted beans in just minutes. This was my first attempt at roasting my…

Growing Your Own Tea at Home
You might be surprised that you don’t require an exotic climate or expensive equipment to grow a tea plant all your own. Now, that’s fresh! Of course, growing the tea…

Simultaneous coffee break sets record (Lawrence Journal-World)
The World Fair Trade Day Coffee Break 2008 on May 10 set the record for the largest simultaneous coffee break with 12,128 people participating at more than 150 events around the United States and Canada.

SCAA 2008 Minneapolis Preview

A preview of what to expect from our coverage of this year’s Specialty Coffee Association of America 2008 Trade Show and Conference, live from Minneapolis.
Read more…

Using a Siphon Coffee Maker

A text and visual walk through on how to use a siphon coffee device (also known as a vacpot, syphon coffee maker, vacuum brewer, etc). Includes some history and alternative techniques.
Read more…

Gas stations offer free coffee and car washes to veterans (KJRH-TV Tulsa)
Sinclair gas stations are giving free car washes and free coffee to veterans and military personnel.

A tall building and a tall cup of coffee (The Beaver County Times)
BEAVER An Empire State Building and a Starbucks Coffee shop could be coming to Beaver, and almost directly across the street from each other.

The CoffeeGeek FAQ

The official FAQ for this website, covering why it exists, what its mission is, and what we hope it becomes.
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Chasing the Geisha: Boquete 2008

Ed Kaufmann travels from Brooklyn to Panama to visit the Hacienda Esmeralda plantation and the farms of Boquete, in the state of Chiriqui at the foot of Volcan Baru.
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