Mar 07 2024
Getting the coffee-to-water ratio right is one of the easiest ways to make better pour-over coffee. You don’t need a complicated formula. You don’t need to memorize a different recipe for every mug. And you definitely don’t need to guess how many scoops of coffee belong in the filter. For most pour-over brewing, an excellent …
Mar 03 2024
Cold, creamy, frothy, and strongly coffee-forward, this shaken oatmilk espresso is one of the easiest café-style drinks you can make at home. The recipe starts with two fresh shots of espresso sweetened with a little brown sugar and cinnamon. The espresso is shaken vigorously with ice until cold and foamy, then poured into a tall …
Jan 03 2024
You fill the reservoir with cold water, add ground coffee, press a button, and a few minutes later a steaming pot of coffee appears. It feels simple. Inside an automatic drip coffee maker, however, several processes are happening at once. Water must move from the reservoir to the heating system. It must become hot enough …
Jan 01 2024
Coffee and tea can seem almost ordinary. One might be poured into a travel mug before work. The other might steep quietly beside a laptop in the afternoon. Both are available in supermarkets, cafés, restaurants, gas stations, offices, hotels, and kitchens around the world. Yet few everyday foods or drinks have histories as complicated—or as …
Dec 15 2023
A warm caramel latte already feels like comfort in a mug, but add a little cinnamon, vanilla, and holiday spice and it becomes exactly the kind of coffee you want beside the Christmas tree on a cold December morning. This Christmas Caramel Latte combines rich espresso with buttery caramel, gently spiced steamed milk, and a …
Dec 05 2023
Verve Coffee Roasters has grown from a small Santa Cruz coffee company into one of the better-known names in American specialty coffee. Its colorful bags now reach far beyond its California cafés, with blends, single-origin coffees, espresso, decaf, instant coffee, and subscriptions available for home delivery. But Verve also sits in a crowded field. If …
Dec 01 2023
Kona coffee has one of the most recognizable names in the coffee world. Grown on the western side of Hawaiʻi Island, it has developed a reputation for smooth flavor, careful cultivation, limited production, and a distinctive sense of place. But the words Kona coffee can also be confusing. Is all Hawaiian coffee Kona coffee? What …
Nov 30 2023
A splash of flavored creamer can turn an ordinary cup of coffee into something that feels much more like a coffeehouse treat. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a different bottle every time you’re craving vanilla, caramel, mocha, or a seasonal flavor. Homemade coffee creamer is surprisingly easy to make. Most …
Nov 27 2023
Imagine biting into a small piece of chocolate and discovering actual liquid coffee inside. That’s the basic idea behind Ferrero Pocket Coffee, an Italian confection that combines a chocolate shell with a sweetened liquid coffee center. It isn’t simply coffee-flavored chocolate, and it isn’t the same thing as a chocolate-covered espresso bean. There really is …
Nov 26 2023
You probably don’t have enough room in the backyard for a coffee plantation—but you may have enough room for a coffee plant. Coffee plants can be surprisingly attractive houseplants, with glossy dark-green leaves, an upright shrubby shape, fragrant white flowers, and, if conditions are right, clusters of colorful coffee cherries. Inside those cherries are the …
