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Coffee Knowledge

15 Things Worth Knowing about Coffee

Infotainment from TheOatmeal.com, click to see all 15. I’m a bit late posting this but I like it! Infotainment from TheOatmeal.com, click to see all 15. I'm a bit late posting this but I like it!

Instant Coffee Eclipses Rice Consumption

“Rice has long topped local food retailers’ best-selling list, but not this year. The country’s traditional staple lost its place for the first time in years, bumped by none other than instant coffee.” Korea Times article here. Instant coffee is everywhere in Korea, I’ve never been in an office or meeting without it, even though...

Coffee Therapy

“A psychology professor at Yale University found that holding a hot cup of coffee leads people to judge a stranger to be a warmer person, in terms of such traits as generosity and kindness, compared with a group of people who held a cup of iced coffee.” Iced coffee drinkers must lead depressing lives. Stick...

Brewmethods.com

“Brew Methods is designed with one thing in mind: To provide anyone and everyone with access to the best coffee brewing guides in the entire universe.” Want your coffee to taste better? Have a look at brewmethods.com. It’s a nice little resource for novices and curious folk alike. Check it out, you might learn something...

Video: Espresso technique

Nice little video hitting a few points about espresso preparation at Intelligentsia, Venice. A few shots from my visit to Intelligentsia coming soon. Espresso, Intelligentsia from Department of the 4th Dimension on Vimeo. Nice little video hitting a few points about espresso preparation at Intelligentsia, Venice. A few shots from my visit to Intelligentsia coming...