The old saw gets a (somewhat) new take via this webcomics parody. I think we can do better.
For one, I’ve always preferred “…black.”
[Tailsteak.com]

An interesting collection of stats and figures about coffee, if by “interesting” you’ll allow “numbers a guy put on his web page that I didn’t fact check.” (He does seem to link studies for all his claims.) For instance:
Reports of coffee elevating blood pressure are misleading, because they aren’t done they way we drink coffee: […]

Choke is a motorcycle shop in East Hollywood that doubles as a coffee shop, where owner Jeff Johnsen welcomes folks to come in and sip an espresso while looking at the bikes—or at least the scooters, since that seems to make up the majority of bikes that Johnsen works on. What aren’t scooters look to […]

Can’t say I’ve ever bought anything from these folks, but I like the cut of their jib: “The Simple Leaf” is a pleasant-looking site that educates you about the tea you’re ordering, from its history to a Google Maps mash-up showing its origin. You can use their “Tea Finder Tool” to discover what teas go […]

These tea bags are poncey to the max and pricey, to boot—$10 for 14 bags—but I think the design is just lovely. I don’t know how much swirling up the tea and other flavorings is really important (somewhat?) but I like a neat bit of design when I see it.
That said, bulk, loose tea is […]

I’m still working on that Coffee PDF. (Yes, I am actually making some progress, but layout and editing is hard work, not to mention the sections that need to be written still.) I asked Tonx if he had any pictures of roasted beans that I could use to illustrate the different shades of roasts and […]

I’m sipping a cup of Peru Penachi coffee that came bundled with my new Freshroast 8. Frankly, it’s not the best cup of coffee I’ve ever made, but it holds a lot of promise. The smells of the freshly roasted beans last night was stunning—almost as great as they smelled this morning when I brewed […]

In the cutthroat world of the Seattle area’s coffee trade, no prisoners are taken, no quarter is given. It’s all out war to brew the best cup of joe, and the stakes only get higher. At the Cowgirls Espresso in Tukwila, just south of downtown Seattle, the skirts are getting higher too.
The new weapon […]