What is Single Origin Coffee?

A lot of terms are thrown out in the coffee world. But this has to be one of the simplest. When asking what is single-origin coffee the answer is in the name. At a very basic level, it means the coffee all comes from one place. But that can mean a couple of different...

CaffiNation Reviews: Death Wish Coffee

I get a lot of coffee as presents. It's part and parcel of who I am. Run a coffee website? People know what to get you when the time comes. OK I get a lot of coffee and beer, but this isn't about beer, this is about coffee. Death Wish Coffee boasts that it is the...

Coffee Up

I drink a lot of coffee. Sometimes made via French Press, sometimes brewed through a fun espresso machine. Other times ordered out of a big box coffee store. But the one thing coffee hasn't been able to do for me lately is give me more energy to write about coffee. I...

Stok extra bold review

Cold breed coffee is big business right now. There are different flavors, roast levels and additives like milk. Since I'm lactose intolerant I won't be going over the creamy beverages. Stok cold brew makes a wide variety of different cold coffee beverages. Today I'm...

Stircle a new sustainable way to stir your beverages

Drinking and preparing coffee isn't always the most sustainable pastime. From K-cups to single-use cups for take-out beverages, there is a lot of waste in the coffee world. One designer Scott Amron came up with a brilliant way of reducing some of the clutter...

Stok cold brew coffee

The world is full of cold bed coffee anymore. So I'm taking a little time to put some of them through their paces. Up first is Stok Cold Brew. I tried the unsweet variety. I'm a big fan of black coffee and coffee that has a decent natural sweetness to it is always a...
What is Single Origin Coffee?

What is Single Origin Coffee?

A lot of terms are thrown out in the coffee world. But this has to be one of the simplest. When asking what is single-origin coffee the answer is in the name. At a very basic level, it means the coffee all comes from one place. But that can mean a couple of different...

Coffee Up

Coffee Up

I drink a lot of coffee. Sometimes made via French Press, sometimes brewed through a fun espresso machine. Other times ordered out of a big box coffee store. But the one thing coffee hasn't been able to do for me lately is give me more energy to write about coffee. I...

Coffee Doodles: Death before Decaf

Sometimes the simplest phrases are the hardest to design for. I've had this concept floating around in my mind for a couple of years, the angular skull with the glowing eyes. but to truly embrace the concept of my feelings towards decaf coffee i needed the...

Coffee doodle: para coffee

We have all been there, either on vacation or in some remote office where your good coffee has run out. And you sit there staring down the barrel of a cup of almost coffee. All the planning in the world can't fix fate. So you man or woman up and drink the available...

Product Reviews

Stok extra bold review

Stok extra bold review

Cold breed coffee is big business right now. There are different flavors, roast levels and additives like milk. Since I'm lactose intolerant I won't be going over the creamy beverages. Stok cold brew makes a wide variety of different cold coffee beverages. Today I'm...

Stok cold brew coffee

Stok cold brew coffee

The world is full of cold bed coffee anymore. So I'm taking a little time to put some of them through their paces. Up first is Stok Cold Brew. I tried the unsweet variety. I'm a big fan of black coffee and coffee that has a decent natural sweetness to it is always a...

Breville Smart Grinder: Revisited

Breville Smart Grinder: Revisited

Over ten years ago I received a grinder from the fine folks at Breville to review. The Breville Smart Grider. And everything was good. I reviewed the unit at the time and found it a very nice machine. My main takeaways from the review at the time were the ease of use...

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I like to make pretty things. I watch shiny things, and blinking things. I drink black coffee. But most of all I love working on design problems. 

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