Tag Archives: rant

Video 9 – Cups

Today’s rant – it isn’t really a rant – is about cups.

I’d love to know which are your favourites for drinking from (rather than collectable favourites) and why.

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Video 3 – Espresso Vs Espresso

I should make clear now, because I don’t think I do in the video, that I am not saying one opinion is better (or more correct) than the other. I just wanted to talk about the divide in ideas out there when it comes to brewing espresso – I am not trying to upset [...]

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The importance of being wrong

I feel it is about time I broached this subject.  With an eye to the last posts, as well as to the response to my Chemex videocast, I feel the need to make something very clear.
The internet is full of information, though it is also full of keyboard heroes, and has something of an issue [...]

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Introduction to the Uber

Meant to cross post this on here after posting on SQM blog but forgot.  Notes I should now add:
1.  My initial offset opinion could be wrong, by about 0.5C closer to display. This doesn’t affect findings on stability or repeatability – it is just numbers.
2.  I will brew coffee in the next video.
3.  The video [...]

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The failings of English Cafes

This isn’t meant to be a righteous diatribe, coupled with a smug detailing of how I think cafes ought to be. This is really just a rant that has been building for a little while now.
I have been extremely lucky in the last few years when it comes to travel. I’ve sat in [...]

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English Coffee Culture

Having done so on several occaisons, I feel it is quite acceptable to talk about Italian coffee culture. An intertwining of taste preference, lifestyle and culture with the drink. I feel pretty comfortable defining elements of Scandanavian coffee culture, or French coffee culture. I could keep listing different countries – the USA [...]

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