coffee
What is the Best Temperature for Tea and Coffee Water?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The folks behind the XPress lid turned me on to this awesome gadget when they sponsored Gnomedex. It is the simplest way to make the perfect cup of tea or coffee. The Cuisinart PerfecTemp Cordless Kettle allows you to choose the [...]
Free WiFi Rolls Out at Starbucks
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood when you can sip your favorite coffee drink while surfing the Internet for free. Starbucks rolled out their free WiFi access across the US and Canada today, much to the relief of millions of caffeine-powered Geeks. Grab your phone or laptop and head over to the store nearest [...]
For Coffee, AeroPress Impresses
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What drink do you enjoy first thing in the morning? Is it coffee? Is it something else caffeinated? Join the club. Well, it’s not an official club or anything – just that there are millions of us who love the wake-up [...]
A Portable, Recyclable French Press
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Everybody has their own morning routine. Mine happens to include making a good cup of coffee. Mind you, there are several ways of crafting what tastes best – since “best” is typically relative. If you drink coffee, I’m wondering how you [...]
Did You Order Your iPad Today?
The iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today. A group of particularly prudent Apple fans from the APPL Sanity Board at Investor Village decided to put together a spreadsheet of order numbers, times that orders were placed and contents of those order. After six hours of tracking the data, the group reported that nearly [...]
How to Make Espresso at Home
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Just before I left for France the other day, I decided to make myself a cup of Espresso. One of the sponsors of the LeWeb conference I spoke at was Nespresso, and they sent a unit to all of us as [...]
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Peet’s Coffee in My Hawaii Hotel!
This trip keeps getting better with every passing minute. I can’t believe there’s a Peet’s in the Sheraton Waikiki. Thanks again to Hawaii Vacations for the connection (and @starwoodhawaii for officially helping bring Peet’s to Hawaii)! The barista told me yesterday that Peet’s does plan on placing more stores around Hawaii – which is good. [...]
Starbucks or Bust?
I can’t say I’m all that surprised about Starbucks closing 600 stores – given that we have fourteen stores within a two block radius of our house. You can’t turn your head in a modern city without seeing at least one Starbucks sign. It’s always depressing to hear that someone has lost their job, but [...]
Types of Coffee Beverages
Once again, Christopher Alexander offers food for thought… or drink, to be precise. What coffee’ish beverage do you sip, if anything? Latte – Steamed Milk and Coffee, usually 1:1 ratio Cappuccino – Espresso, Steamed Milk and Foamed Milk at a typical ratio of 1:1:1 Macchiato – Espresso ‘marked’ with a tablespoon or so of milk [...]
Espresso!
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Pixle101 made this list as a reply to my perfect coffee video. He has tried the French press, and while he agrees it is great for brew coffee, he loves latte and au lait. So here are his 5 Tips to [...]
How to Make Coffee at Home – French Press and Peet’s
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Wirelesspacket asked me how I do my coffee at home. He spends too much going to buy his coffee every day, and doesn’t like the taste of “store bought” coffees. I was all too happy to show him how I use [...]
Alfred Peet: Roast in Peace
I intend for the title of this post to be humorous and reverent. Mr. Peet’s style brought a smile to my lips so many times that I only hope to pass that flavor along to the next coffee connoisseur. Via the official Peet’s Coffee & Tea blog comes word that Alfred H. Peet has passed [...]
Peets vs Starbucks
Jana seems like… someone who doesn’t deserve Peet’s coffee. Her review of the Redmond store through Judysbook was dated November 19, 2006 9:30 PM PST: I admit that I am a Starbucks fan, but really wanted to give Peets a try. The minute I walked in I knew it would not stack up against Starbucks. [...]
