March 10th, 2010 by Geoff Marks
How To Get Your Coffee Fix With A Spending Budget
Espresso coffee machines appear in different kinds, models and price points. So how can you identify one over the any other and what is the perfect coffee machine for your preferences? Just simply look at just about any kitchen shop or mall and there’s a huge range of coffee making devices and machines.
In addition which will make you the fantastic pot of coffee you deserve – even need! For many folks budget would be the most significant factor when selecting their next coffee machine. Which doesn’t imply you will need to compromise on high quality or flavor but you do need to find out a little about every type of espresso machine so let’s see what exactly is what within the coffee making world.
Excellent Coffee One Drip At A Time
Perhaps the most popular of the coffee makers, the drip coffee maker is in a large number of …
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December 17th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
“Wake up and smell the coffee” was a phrase that was made famous by the late newspaper columnist, Ann Landers. She used the phrase so often that she even shortened it to WUASTC. Ms. Landers used the phrase to mean that the reader should pay attention to the obvious or take note of facts that were right under their nose.
The fact is, though, that the aroma of coffee is one that most Americans wake up to every day of the year. Brewing and drinking coffee is the first order of business for most of us. We wake up and we WANT to smell the coffee sooner rather than later.
There are many people who say that coffee smells better than it tastes. Well, maybe they have a point…at least some of the time. Making good coffee is part science and part art and everybody doesn’t get it right. In fact, very few people really …
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December 9th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Has anybody seen those old “Leave it to Beaver” reruns on late night TV? There is June (the mother) in full makeup and high heels without a hair out of place serving breakfast to her family at the breakfast table. Ward, the father, wearing a suit and tie, all showered and shaved, and the two boys are gathered around the breakfast table for their morning meal. June pours coffee from a coffee carafe into Ward’s waiting coffee cup as they discuss their upcoming day. It just cracks me up! I’m sitting there thinking, “Yeah…right! When pigs fly!”
I figure most households operate pretty much like mine does. The words “busy, hectic and insane,” come to mind. Mornings are done on the fly. Breakfast is a bowl of cold cereal (every man, woman, and child for themselves) and coffee is “to go” as we all rush around trying to get to work and school on time. My wife and I each …
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November 4th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
The definition of a “good” cup of coffee is relative. It all depends upon the taste buds of the person determining whether the cup of coffee is good or bad. Haven’t you ever wondered why there are so many different brands of coffee? Yep…just like horse racing, it’s the difference of opinion that makes the coffee industry tick, keeps the competitive spirit alive, and the prices down so most of us poor schmos can afford to buy coffee by the 13-ounce “pound” at our local supermarkets.
No matter what “brand” or “grind” of coffee makes the best cup of coffee in your opinion (and your opinion is the only one that counts), or whether you prefer drip coffee or perked coffee, there are a few simple things that will make your cup of coffee just taste better.
The number one “secret” of all good coffee is to begin the brewing process with a clean coffee maker. It doesn’t matter whether …
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October 29th, 2009 by Geoff Marks
Calculating what the actual cost of a cup of coffee is ranks right up there with the necessary mathematical challenges of quantum physics. You might not have even considered what the price of a cup of coffee that you brew at home actually costs.
You don’t buy the makings for your coffee by the cup. You buy a pound (we still say a “pound” of coffee even though that “pound” is now 13 ounces rather than 16 ounces) of coffee at your local supermarket. You take it home and store it, and then you make pots of coffee using the ground coffee, but you drink that coffee by the cup — not by the pot or by the pound or even by the ounce.
So what is the real cost of a cup of coffee that you make at home? I have no idea, and you probably don’t, either. The first consideration is the kind and brand of coffee that …
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