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The Urban Zombie’s Guide to Meditative Coffee Making
This is a guest-post written by Gareth Hobbs. Gareth writes humourous movie reviews at Dodgy Movies. Reviewed! Until recently, coffee was the domain of the urban undead. It satisfied the morning cravings almost as well as brains, but had the advantage of being socially acceptable. However, the ritual of coffee making has started to [...]
Continue reading...The Beginner’s Guide to Common Coffee Drinks
11 March 2010
This article is a guest post written by Victoria of Ratelines.com, a financial portal to find the best money market rates. We all love it, its smell, taste, and the aura it produces when around us. We could be in the middle of work, sitting at home on our couch, sitting in traffic on the way [...]
Continue reading...How Much Caffeine Does It Take To Kill You?
4 March 2010
I’ve been looking at a lot of coffee related infographics and came across this stunning caffeine chart. It came from CoolInfographics.com and is worth a look. It charts the amount of caffeine in drinks from the common cup of coffee up to the most caffeine-laden energy drinks. Got a death wish? Then check out the Death [...]
Continue reading...Cat Hammock Coffee Table
1 March 2010
I saw this on CrunchGear this morning and thought it was too funny. It was created by Japanese designer Case-Real, but it’s not actually in production. This kitty-hammock-coffee-table will probably be very well received by your cat. The sound of coffee cups clinking on the tabletop will probably freak her out, so I’m not sure [...]
Continue reading...12 Uncommon Uses for Coffee Filters
22 February 2010
Here’s a goofy article I read at the Miami Herald today about creative uses for the common coffee filter. Apparently you can use them for a lot more than your coffee maker. It’s not a particularly practical list, but there are some pretty funny uses: • Coffee filters are great to cover bowls [...]
Continue reading...7 Easy Coffee Grinding Tips
21 February 2010
Because grinding coffee can be an art in and of itself, here are a few tips that I found to help you make a great cup of coffee at home, especially if you grind your own beans. Amount: If you don’t know how much coffee you want to grind, a good rule of thumb is to [...]
Continue reading...The Perfect Temperature for Brewing Coffee
17 February 2010
One of the most important parts of making coffee, after choosing the right grind, is making sure that the water is the right temperature. The common electric coffee maker makes this a little bit tricky, so it’s important to understand what type of coffee maker will produce the best results. With a dizzying variety of [...]
Continue reading...Introducing the Eco-Friendly Coffee Tips Widget
16 January 2010
Eco Friendly Coffee Tips More cool coffee makers and coffee tips… Here’s a little project we’ve been working on here at TheCoffeeMakerStore. It’s an eco-friendly coffee tips widget that displays ways to make your coffee habit more gentle on the environment. Copy the text below and paste it in your blog or website: <div id="content-wrap"><div id="main"><h2>Eco Friendly Coffee Tips</h2> <p><br><iframe [...]
Continue reading...Funky iMac Coffee Maker
28 December 2009
I read about the iMac coffee maker the other day and just had to share it. It’s totally handmade and all of the modifications were down by 53 year old German designer designer, Klaus Diebel himself. It’s made from the iconic iMac and is fully functional, including a screen that can be imprinted with an [...]
Continue reading...Cool Self-Stirring Coffee Mug Makes a Great Gift
24 December 2009
We’ve written about the usb powered coffee mug on this blog before, but this is just as cool. We read about it at the CNET gadget blog and were really impressed. The self-stirring coffee mug from ThinkGeek eliminates the need for spoons, straws, stirrers, sticks, and dare we say fingers. Just drop in the desired [...]
Continue reading...45 Weirdest Looking Coffee Makers Ever – Part 1
12 December 2009
From ultra-luxurious to just plain weird, from insanely expensive to stunningly beautiful, these coffee makers are the coolest, most innovative, weirdest, and most original coffee machines we’ve ever seen. This is the first in a 3 part series of posts about the weirdest, most innovative, coolest coffee makers ever. Part one of this series has 16 [...]
Continue reading...10 Crazy Coffee Tables
2 December 2009
Here’s a list of unique coffee tables I read about the other day on a design blog I came across. There are 12 in total, but I’m showing the ones that struck me most. This paper plane shaped coffee table is one of the most unique I’ve ever seen. Unless you have an ultra modern house, [...]
Continue reading...6 Weird Things You Can Do With a Coffee Maker
2 December 2009
Coffee makers keep getting cooler. From crystal studded coffee makers to touch screen coffee makers to voice activated coffee makers, manufacturers keep pushing the boundaries on design and usability. We’ve even written about foods that you can cook with a coffee machine on this blog from pasta to eggs to shrimp But what about other things [...]
Continue reading...‘Red’ Espresso Is All The Rage
30 November 2009
I visited my father the other day for dinner. When it was time for dessert, he asked if I wanted coffee so I said “yes”. When I drank it, it tasted a little different. It had the hazelnut cream and sugar taste I was expecting, but the flavor wasn’t quite the same. When we [...]
Continue reading...First the Touch Screen Coffee Maker, Now the Touch Screen Coffee Cup!
29 November 2009
We wrote about the touch screen coffee maker a few weeks ago and just stumbled across this cool little coffee mug. It’s a novel concept: email, stocks, weather, news, and traffic on your coffee mug. That’s what the Yuno PC mug promises. It was designed by California State’s Jason Farsai and got lots of coverage [...]
Continue reading...USB Powered Coffee Mug Stirs and Keeps Coffee Warm
29 November 2009
This self-heating and self-stirring coffee cup is one of the more innovative devices I’ve seen in a while. Not only does it stir your coffee and keep at warm (about 40 degrees Celsius), but it’s USB powered and easily rechargeable. Available at usb.brando.com, it works at the push of a button. Just pour your coffee, [...]
Continue reading...Bring Out the Coffee Maker In You With New iPhone App
17 November 2009
There’s a new iPhone app called Barista that’ll bring out the true coffee maker in you. It’ll let you crank out cafe-quality drinks from your home coffee machine. With sleek graphics and easy to follow instructions, you’ll be making sophisticated coffee drinks in no time. Selected as “App of the Week”, here’s what Apple [...]
Continue reading...Linked Coffee Mugs
13 November 2009
These coffee mugs just make sense… so much so that I kind of wish I thought of them. Along with the innovative coffee bags we wrote about, this is so cool because they allow you to carry multiple coffee mugs at the same time. Good for parties or when you have guests over and don’t [...]
Continue reading...The Perfect Cup of Coffee
11 November 2009
A lot of talk about the “perfect cup of coffee” revolves around brewing the actual coffee. But I ran across a few articles about the perfect “cup” of coffee. This high-tech coffee mug was created by German physicists to keep the coffee at the perfect temperature. They use a phase change material, which is a [...]
Continue reading...How Coffee Is Killing the Rain Forest
11 November 2009
If you’re interested in how commercial coffee growers are killing the rain forest and making it harder for coffee farmers to make a decent living, check out this video by Bill Nye (the Science Guy). At the crux of it is that companies are finding it profitable to cut down large swaths of rain forest [...]
Continue reading...4 Easy Tricks to Have an Eco-Friendly Coffee Break
11 November 2009
We do a lot of detrimental things to the environment. I went to the office coffee maker this morning and thought about the styrofoam cup and the plastic stirrer I used and couldn’t help but feel guilty. Of course, it’s easy to justify it to yourself “my little cup isn’t going to melt the polar [...]
Continue reading...Stylish PS3 Coffee Table
7 November 2009
Not to be outdone by the iPhone coffee table, this PS3 inspired coffee table is ideal for the bachelor (or bachelorette) gamer. It was created by designer Stephane Perruchon. The PS3 controllers are handmade and they rest on a plane of glass supported by a replica of a PS3 controller. There are more photos here. [...]
Continue reading...Nothing Wrong With Being a Coffee Addict
24 October 2009
Researchers agree that regular caffeine consumption may cause a physical dependence; in other words, coffee, if drunk consistently is addictive. They cite common withdrawal symptoms such as crankiness, headaches, lethargy, etc. from lack of caffeine to support their claim. Some doctors have classified caffeine withdrawal as a mental disorder! Now before you throw out your [...]
Continue reading...Your Coffee Maker Can Kill You!!!
24 October 2009
Well your coffee maker can’t really kill you, but still… This app is an oldie but a goodie, but it’s a tool called “Death by Caffeine” from EnergyFiend. This fun site tells you how much coffee will kill you based on the drink you choose and your weight. This site got mega-traffic when it was [...]
Continue reading...Common Coffee Drinks Explained In This Cool Graphic
22 October 2009
Lokesh created this cool visual explaining the difference between popular coffee drinks. Caffe Mocha is my favorite hands down…
Continue reading...Coffee Makers for Different Types of Coffee
22 October 2009
Coffee maps will show you that coffee comes from places all over the globe. While they stay within longitudinal parameters (mostly in tropical areas), the coffee bean is found in South America, Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia. Coffee production spans 5 continents and dozens of countries across the globe. The variance in climate, [...]
Continue reading...iPhone Inspired Coffee Table
21 October 2009
I found this iPhone inspired coffee table on iLounge. It’s made completely from corrugated cardboard and glued together with simple glue. It has removable coasters in the form of iPhone application icons. // Technorati Tags: coffee, coffee machine, coffee maker, coffee makers
Continue reading...Fire Up the Coffee Maker! Health Benefits of Drinking Coffee
20 October 2009
There are a few studies about the health benefits of coffee. Now, not all of them are conclusive, but they do indicate that there are health benefits related with drinking coffee. Here are some things known about coffee: Drinking coffee has been shown in independent studies to reduce the risk of Parkinson’s Disease by almost 80%. [...]
Continue reading...Cool Maps Showing Where Your Coffee Comes From
19 October 2009
Here are a few maps I came across online. They show where, how much, and what kind of coffee comes from different regions across the world. This map was created by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Columbia and it shows the different kinds of coffee and where they come from. This map comes from NationalGeographic [...]
Continue reading...6 Awesome Homemade Coffee Recipes
18 October 2009
I was stumbling the web looking for articles on coffee and coffee makers, when I came across a list of really good coffee recipes on Instructables including: How to Make Cuban Coffee: Cuban coffee is a type of espresso found in South and Central America. the foam is the most distinguishing characteristic of this drink and [...]
Continue reading...A Brief History of Coffee
27 August 2009
Ever heard of people with coffee makers next to their bed? Nothing perks up Americans (and most of the world) in the morning like coffee. But what’s the deal with coffee, and why do we love it so much? Coffee, is made from the coffee plant’s roasted seeds, called coffee beans (bet you didn’t know that!) [...]
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