Coffee



Almost every energy drink is powered by sugar and caffeine, including the new “Cocaine”-branded one. But its creators are idiots: “We knew kids would find it cool, but we also wanted to stress the idea that it’s an energy drink, you don’t need drugs.” Caffeine is a drug (and arguably, so is sugar). This is what happens when a company wants the cache of drug use, but none of the responsibility. [CityNews.ca]

Red Bull Gives You Pangs

If you have a bad heart, mixing Red Bull (or other energy drinks, including coffee) with alcohol might be sort of bad for you. Maybe. Probably not, actually, but that wouldn’t give ABC News something to write four pages about. However: “Bartenders serve the popular Red Bull and vodka combination, coined the “Friday Flattener” and “Dirty Pompadour” in some places and the “Eye-opener” or a “Klenfield” in others.” Informed! [ABC News]

I’m not entirely sure what “bloney” is but I’ll try anything for a nickel. (Okay, it’s most certainly “bologna”.)
It’s not the prices that make me wistful when looking at this picture, but the menu selection, full of hearty/heart-stopping soups, sandwiches, and steaks. If only the fast food of today sounded so delicious!

Pass the SCAA’s Sensory Test

How to pass the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s judging sensory test. [Home-Barista]

First, thanks again to Tonx for last week’s great introduction to the dark art of coffee. His posts will lay the groundwork for our first-ever “Dethroner Guide to…” which we hope to publish this week in PDF form. If you have any final tips, suggestions, or anecdotes about coffee that you would like to offer [...]

So elegant and design-y that owning one requires you to be comfortable in your masculinity, the Eva Solononetheless makes a mean cup of coffee.
We’ve been playing around with one all week here and I really love it. Of the many brewing methods in our arsenal, nothing comes closer to true cupping (the standard industry [...]

Fresh roasted artisan coffee is not easy to come by in many places. Even when you find local roasters, it can be hit or miss as to the quality of their beans or their roasting skill. Some towns have several great options, others have zilch. Often you can find locally roasted coffee [...]

The Truth of Diner Coffee

I learned to drink coffee at the Denny’s on Noland Road, just off I-70. We’d close down the McDonald’s where I worked, take our meager paychecks plus the money we skimmed from the registers, and congregate in a circle booth drinking endless cups of coffee under a lenticular cloud of cigarette smoke. There was nothing [...]

Roasting Your Own

I get asked pretty often about home coffee roasting.
There is already quite a lot of good information online about roasting your own and I’ll point you in the right direction rather than trying to encapsulate it all.
The alpha and omega of home roasting on the internet is Tom Owen’s Sweet Marias. Tom sells [...]

Espresso Gear

If you’ve failed to heed my earlier warnings about the challenges of doing real espresso at home and you’re ready to lay out some fat cash and grapple with the steep learning curve – this post is for you.
This guide is by no means a replacement for a thorough reading of the reviews and forums [...]

Don’t do it. You’ve got so much to live for. Don’t listen to the chorus of coffee geeks chanting “one of us, one of us”. Note the skeptical look on the face of your significant other: you’ll be seeing it again many more times before you get within reach of your [...]

Milky Tonic: Latte Art

I’ve taken a lot of photos of latte art – the patterns and designs made by pouring properly steamed milk into espresso – but never gotten around to taking video of how its done. I shot this small video today in the kitchen with my barista sidekick Kyle wielding the pitcher (making it look [...]




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» Evidently a fan of Ebert’s is trying to help Mars breed the supreme race of M&Ms.

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them breaks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.
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» A man wants to know if jerking off into his guppy tank will cause his fish any harm. Just don’t forget to cuddle, I say. [StraightDope.com# 1

» An Atlanta florist is selling the “Broquet,” baskets of amply masculine cactus and carnivorous plants that can be given from one man to another. [BananaFlorist.com via Seth Godin# 0

» What may be my next car, the Mitsubishi Evolution X, goes on sale today in Japan. Next year for North America. [Crave.CNET.com# 0

» I haven’t really dug into it much, but JoS. A. Bank is having what appears to be a pretty major sale, with up to 50% off on Fall items and 70% off on clearance items. [JosBank.com# 2

» Cities collapse due to unsustainable growth? Naw it’ll never happen. We have science. [unsw.edu.au, creationmuseum.org] # 0

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