Many coffee enthusiasts agree that a Chemex coffee maker brews the best coffee. It produces coffee that is strong and bold in flavor. As a plus, the Chemex has a stylish glass design that is brilliant for display on your kitchen counter. The chief concern that many people have with Chemex is that it can
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Everyone who has tasted coffee made in a Chemex swears that the brew tastes far better than coffee from other coffee machines. Unlike regular drip coffee, Chemex coffee is far less bitter and has no residue at the bottom of the cup. The pure taste of Chemex coffee is 100% attributed to special Chemex filters
Yes, you can use cold brew coffee grounds to make hot coffee; however, you should expect a significant difference in the flavor of your coffee. The temperature of the water used in the cold brewing process brings about the difference in taste between cold and hot brewed coffee. When using hot water to make coffee,
Every coffee lover knows that the quality and freshness of coffee beans is the main determinant of how good the final brew will taste. Because of this, most people prefer to use freshly ground coffee beans to make a cup of Joe. Most products on the market give an estimate of how long said product
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Navy coffee is a very strong black brew popularized by the United States military. This type of coffee is made using many unknown brands of coffee grounds brewed and then left on the heater for 3-5 hours. The copious amount of coffee used to make navy coffee makes it more potent than regular coffees. The
There are different types of coffee makers on the market, each requiring a particular type of coffee to produce the perfect brew. Considering this, the kind of coffee you choose for your brew will depend on the type of coffee machine you have at home. Many coffee lovers have learned the hard way that no
Your espresso shot may be bitter due to the over-extraction of coffee grounds. Making the perfect shot of espresso is an art, and you need to put several factors into consideration to get it just right. Overlooking some of these factors is what taints the flavor of your espresso. If your brew always comes out
Conclusion, For Now One of the great joys of my job here at CoffeeGeek is that I get to discover and use exceptional products. For years and years, I was used to the idea that, if I wanted a quality hand grinder, I had to go with something from Orphan Espresso and their huge and
The pour-over method of brewing coffee is a manual process that involves pouring hot water through ground coffee in a filter. The tools needed for this include filters, a dripper, and a kettle (preferably a gooseneck kettle). The quality of coffee made from the pour-over process depends mostly on the grind size and water temperature.
Kyle Anderson, the co founder (along with Kyra Kennedy) of Baratza LLC, has recently joined a very coffee-focused venture capitalist group WAVE Investments as a full partner and part of the company’s investment committee. This is a big deal because WAVE is a privately owned investment company with a razor focus on supporting scalable businesses
It was announced today that Aeropress Inc., the company that manufactures the wildly popular Aeropress coffee brewer and Aeropress Go travel brewer, announced major capital investment by a Victoria, BC, Canada investment firm, Tiny Capital, Ltd. The Aeropress, announced and introduced to the world in CoffeeGeek’s forums back in 2005, and rolled out as a
I know, I know. Sometimes we just want a batch of iced coffee and put it in the refrigerator, so we can drink whenever we want without the brewing process the next few days. As a barista, what I can say is that is not a really good idea. So can you put a hot
Anybody who has ever used a French Press coffee maker is already too familiar with the arduous task of cleaning the thing. A big clump of wet coffee grounds at the bottom of a cylinder that my hand is too fat to fit in is a mess waiting to happen. Why don’t I just rinse
Every summer, we have to prepare several batches of cold brew coffee in our shop. The cold brew coffee is completely a new cool kid in the school, everyone has once in a while tried to brew their own cold brew. The thing is: sometimes it ends up with a flavor not exactly what we
As a barista, I got this very question asked by coffee beginners every other day. So here am I answering the question once for all. Can you get used to bitter coffee? Yes, of course, you can. Here are the tips I recommend you to try: Try good quality coffee, which is not bought from
As a barista, I got this very question asked by coffee beginners every other day. So here am I answering the question once for all. Can you get used to bitter coffee? Yes, of course, you can. Here are the tips I recommend you to try: Try good quality coffee, which is not bought from
Cold Brew is an increasingly popular drink among coffee drinkers. Often milder and less acidic than traditional black coffee, it is refreshing on a hot summer day. With the modern availability of at home coffee makers, people are beginning to make their own coffee. With that comes many questions including: how do I know if
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An icon in the home coffee market. That’s the Rancilio Silvia espresso machine. First introduced in late 1997, the Silvia was not intended for retail sale initially; instead, it was a unique sales incentive gift for Rancilio’s Commercial Resellers market globally. Very quickly, the company was convinced to manufacture the machine regularly for sale to
Another entry in CoffeeGeek’s Getting into Coffee series, this time around we are looking at the top ten things to consider when purchasing a home espresso machine! The home espresso machine market has never been this big. There’s literally thousands of different machines out there today for home use. A search on Ali Express shows
Thinking about getting into home espresso? Upping your game on pour over? Venturing into the world of siphon coffee? There’s certainly no lack of guides online – from mainstream newspapers to obscure websites – that give you tips and advice on all these subjects and more involving specialty coffee. I often search the Internet and
Grounds for Health is a charity we care a lot about at CoffeeGeek, and they’re running a flash auction with lots of amazing coffee related items right now (June 9 through 10), as you read this! All proceeds benefit women’s health programs in coffee-growing communities. This is a great opportunity for you to support Grounds
Influencers have gone off the deep end. What in the world would Oprah Winfrey know about espresso machines and coffee makers? Yet here we have it, in a Yahoo Life blast out article, Oprah’s Favorite Coffee Maker Will Make You Feel Like a Barista, is just a bunch of complete bullshit. I don’t use that
Press the Shot Brew Button However your machine is activated to brew espresso (button press, lever lift, paddle turn, etc), now’s the time to do so. Again, we’re trying to brew the best possible espresso shot, so use all your tricks to get a good one here. We’re holding the button to extend pre-infusion on
If you’ve read part one of this article, you’ll know that coffee is an amazing and glorious shrub in both its living and transformed state. So what do housing, furniture, lighting, home goods, jewelry, textiles, food production, and fuel all have to do with this miracle plant (besides being a necessity for living)? Thanks to
A little more than two years ago, I realized I need to stop drinking cow milk. Deciding which plant-based milk should replace it was a decision that was inherently about what would work best with my coffee, as coffee is the main reason I drink milk. The CoffeeGeek team has been covering the rising trend
When Covid cases were first starting to rise in North America and lockdowns ensued, De la Gente (DLG) had to decide what to do with four containers of coffee. But these weren’t containers you might store a pound or two of coffee in to brew at home. These were containers that together stock approximately 167,000
Although coffee beans originated in the mountainous regions of Western Ethiopia, the earliest written evidence of cultivation appeared in 12th century Yemen. Likely carried over the Red Sea by Ethiopian invaders, the plant became a foundational aspect of Islamic culture once on the Arabian peninsula. It is the favorable growing conditions of the Yemenese highlands
When you look at those tiny roasted gems that will eventually transform into the life sustaining beverage we call coffee, you might not fully understand what you’re looking at. What we are really seeing is a single part of a whole. For example, you can’t truly begin to appreciate your cappuccino without understanding the ratios