1 year ago
I scream, you scream, we all scream because we’re super drunk.
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1 year ago
Stuff You Should Know: Coffee «
One of my favorite podcasts, Stuff You Should Know, did a great show on Coffee. It is pretty dense with great info.
1 year ago
Obnoxious Consumerism: Mugs
I come from a design obsessed family. As a result, picking a mug for home coffee drinking was a little more difficult than it should have been. It had to be simple and logo free, but it could not be any ol diner mug. So far, two mugs have the Brews stamp of approval:
Left: Intelligentsia Filter Coffee Mug
I bought a couple of these in Intelligentsia’s fantastic LA coffee bar. They are thick enough to keep the coffee warm for a while, but have a certain curvy elegance that one does not often find in coffee drinkware. The red stripe is pretty neat too. They are no longer available on the Intelli website, but I hope they will return soon.
Right: Iittala Teema Coffee Mug
I saw this dainty fellow in a Stockholm coffee shop / coworking space, Drop Coffee. The walls and handle are thin, perhaps sacrificing durability, but, it has a noble simplicity. Drinking out of that mug made me feel like I was having coffee with a modernist, scandinavian regent. Teema mugs are available in a bunch of colors all across the internet.
1 year ago
Christmas: A fine time to force better coffee habits on your parents.
(Pictured: Bodum Burr Grinder)
1 year ago
(Photo via Nathen Heskew)
A couple of months ago I signed up for Tonx, a coffee subscription service. Their pitch:
We are a small team of longtime coffee zealots focusing on sending great coffee straight to your door. All of our efforts go towards helping you brew the best possible coffee at home.
Most subscriptions are created by previously notable coffee roasters. Tonx was started by a former Intelligentsia employee, but they are not attached to any existing coffee shop. They ship (2) 12 oz bags a month for 35 dollars and the coffee is different every time.
This review would end right here if the coffee was bad, but that is not the case. I wake up every morning excited about how the new batch will taste. However, one of my favorite parts about the subscription has nothing to do with the coffee. Every piece of correspondence they send proves that they:
- Care about coffee.
- Care about their customer’s coffee and experience.
They send cupping notes, emails about how excited they are about a particular batch and even remind people to change their mailing address for the holiday if they are traveling. I feel like my coffee experience is in good hands with Tonx.
The coffee is more expensive than the Stumptown beans that I was buying at a local shop, but in this new Amazon Prime based world, the convenience is worth a few extra dollars per month. They ship immediately after roasting and the LA to NY trip takes 2-5 days. I wish it was always two days, but most of the beans I find in local shops are at least a week old, so this is not a deal breaker.
Tonx is a great option for those that want no fuss infusions of good coffee and good cheer. It is also nice to support a couple of guys who are trying to share what they love.
2 years ago
According to the guy at my local coffeeshop Finca means farm.
This is useful knowledge because you won’t say things like “I had the Finca coffee beans last time, what else can I try?”
Smuttynose Winter Ale Review
This is the first in a series of beer reviews. I don’t know how to review beer and I’ve yet to develop a palate that can distinguish essence of orange peel. Here is what I ended up with:
Smuttynose Winter Ale is like going outside at 6 PM in December after you have been inside all day. You’ve been reading on your parent’s couch next to the christmas tree in direct sunlight, so for some reason you think it is kind of warm outside. You you can’t find your car keys and when you do locate them and go outside it is both cold and dark, thus upsetting your expectations a little. However, it is ok, because it may snow tomorrow and that would be fun.
ABV 5.1
2 years ago
This stupid, beautiful, useful kettle is 60 dollars. It would perfect my morning coffee ritual.
I know I will buy it eventually, but man is that three times the price it should really cost.
What a delightful little checklist this could prove to be. Also, a nice way to keep Lagers and Ales straight.
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