Archive for January, 2010

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    Espresso Makers

    January 31st, 2010 | Blog, Espresso Equipment | Jamie | 7 Comments

    If you are a espresso drinker, or just love those espresso shots to kick start your morning, you probably know there are countless espresso machines/makers out there of various prices. I am looking for an espresso maker myself that makes decent espresso for the price. I’ve narrowed my search down to 3 espresso makers that [...]

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    Great Video For French Press Users

    January 31st, 2010 | Blog, Internet Findings | Jamie | No Comments

    Here’s a great YouTube video from Mark Prince of CoffeeGeek This is a great video for french press users. I am no coffee expert, and this helped me as well.

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    My Coffee Equipment

    January 30th, 2010 | Blog, Coffee Equipment | Jamie | 2 Comments

    So it’s been a couple days since my last coffee review and I am already feeling disconnected. I don’t want to babble on here so I try and refrain from useless posts, but then I decided to post up my coffee equipment. Kind of a fun idea. I apologize for the not so great photos. [...]

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    Great News

    January 29th, 2010 | Announcements, Blog | Jamie | 2 Comments

    You’ve heard me talk about DailyShotOfCoffee quite a bit on here. Mike Crimmins the man behind such a great blog asked me yesterday to help review coffee for DailyShotOfCoffee. It’s such an honor and I can’t wait to help him out with the site. You can view the site here: DailyShotOfCoffee

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    Guatemala Casi Cielo From Starbucks Review

    January 27th, 2010 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | 1 Comment

    In the past I haven’t found many good coffees from Starbucks that I’ve liked, but thanks to Melody over at Starbucks Melody I’ve decided to give Starbucks another chance by trying their Guatemala Casi Cielo. I was a bit hesitant about it since I didn’t want to be letdown again, but after drinking a few [...]

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    Esmeralda Special Mario Pascu From Klatch Coffee Review

    January 24th, 2010 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | 11 Comments

    In one of my previous posts I said I had some new coffee’s coming in. Well, I have been drinking those new coffees and have decided that I am ready to review a coffee from Klatch. I bought Esmeralda Special Mario Pascu which is a limited roast. $37.95 for 10oz bag from GoCoffeeGo. Upon opening [...]

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    Buying A New French Press

    January 21st, 2010 | Blog, Coffee Equipment | Jamie | 4 Comments

    Going from a plastic french press to a stainless steel was the best decision I made. There’s such a difference. For work I am still using a plastic French Press. I am thinking of buying this French Press from Planetary Design who seem to have some great products. What do you think? Has anyone had [...]

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    XXX From Rocketfuel Coffee Review

    January 21st, 2010 | Blog, Reviews | Jamie | 4 Comments

    This is probably one of my favorite reviews so far. Today I am reviewing coffee from Lisa Rotenberg’s company Rocketfuel Coffee. When I got into ordering coffee she was the very first person I ordered coffee online from. What caught my eye was her Rocketfuel XXX Blend of Hawaiian Kona, Jamaican Blue Mountain, and Sumatra [...]

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    Did You Say Free?

    January 20th, 2010 | Blog, News | Jamie | 2 Comments

    Good morning everyone. I woke up to a bunch of emails this morning, but there’s one that caught my eye. A newsletter from Mike Crimmins (DailyShotOfCoffee) with the subject line “free coffee inside.” Anything coffee has my attention, but free? Jarbee coffee paired up with DailyShotOfCoffee to give away 100 perfect pots of coffee to [...]

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    Coffee Flavor Wheel

    January 16th, 2010 | Blog, Internet Findings | Jamie | 2 Comments

    A chart that I saw when I got into coffee reviewing. It’s pretty helpful when you have that flavor note on the tip of your tongue, but you can’t think of it. Photo Credit: Unknown

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