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Continue readingGetting ready to dump your used coffee grounds? Not so fast! Did you know that you could reuse old coffee grounds in a whole variety of ways? It’s true! Used coffee grounds serve all kinds of purposes
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Continue readingDuring college, I worked at a funky little coffee shop that served as a social meeting place for students, young families, the downtown business crowd, and creatives of all varieties. It was a lively place
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Continue readingIs your coffee confined to the cup? If your home brew is only serving the purpose of providing a daily dose (or two, three, four…) of caffeine, then you’re missing out on another realm of usefulness:
Continue readingIs light roast for lightweights? Is medium roast the Goldilocks’ porridge of coffees? Will dark roast put hair on your chest? Today let’s talk roasts: what they are, what they aren’t, and how to
Continue readingEvery beginner makes mistakes. It’s a fact of life. You probably fell when you learned to ride a bike as a kid. Painters’ first attempts look more like blobs than masterpieces. Early drafts of novels
Continue readingIn America and all around, interest in food sourcing and sustainability is growing. Consumers are hip to not only health-related outcomes but also the history and science of food and drink. For the team
Continue readingWhen you’re a newbie to the world of artisanal coffee, you might hear some more seasoned home baristas refer to first-wave, second-wave, or third-wave coffee. You might be asking yourself, “What are
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