Updated: April 11, 2018 A minor health scare and the resulting consultation with some smart medical dudes convinced me to go on a gluten-free diet a year or so ago. Giving up bread wasn’t…
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What crema is Crema, or espresso crema, as defined by the foremost encyclopedic oracle of our times (…Google): Crema is the thin layer of brown foam that sits at the top of freshly made…
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The third wave of coffee refers to the modern movement of creating the highest quality coffee. Words like gourmet and artisanal might be used. You can see parallels in the craft beer movement or…
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Turkey’s an interesting place. If you asked the average Joe about the country he might say it’s known for kebabs, furniture and a tenuous hold on democracy. Oh, and these hilariously infuriating ice cream…
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One of the most important things you can learn to help you appreciate coffee, but something that is frighteningly poorly understood, is the difference between body and clarity. What’s understood even worse than that,…
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The first time I set foot in Asia was at the airport in Shanghai. In hindsight, the rough and tumble of communist China was a brave choice to begin my Oriental odyssey. But the…
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If you’ve been within a throw of an espresso shot to any hip coffee shop in the last 5 years you will no doubt have heard of single origin coffee. The single origin phenomenon…
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The idea is you replace breakfast with it. Wake up, shower, make coffee, out the door. A big part of the appeal - and the reason I first tried it - was the super…
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God Shot. A term shrouded in mystery. You might hear the words, spoken softly, from the passing breath of an awestruck barista. Or see the term, mentioned reverently, on the 63rd page of a…
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In this article we’re going to delve into what a naked portafilter is and look at whether it’s worth buying one or not. These little devices are a hot topic right now, a contentious…