Why does your coffee taste bad? 5 ways to improve it
I get a particular pleasure from getting up early in the morning and doing my getting ready ritua...
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Tasting guide: Taming a new coffee
All coffees are created equal, but some are more equal than others. And it all depends on your pr...
Coffee preparation guide: the 4 Ms of espresso
An essential concept for those who want to get the most out of the experience of tasting an espre...
Barista, only the strong survive
You draw back, you see the coffee surrounded by a whitish halo and filter holderssparkle of a blu...
A bar is a bar, or the underside of customer service
Are my male compatriots so starved for attention that the slightest smile is interpreted as a pr...
The end of an era
But when it came to coffee, I felt like the smokers in the old smoking rooms, safe, with family,...
Perfection guide: let's talk espresso
The definition of espresso is relatively simple: percolation of pressurized hot water through fi...
How long is it lying down?
[...] almost every client has a different definition of lying down. This ranges from the 8oz cup ...
Empirical milk?
Finally, I came to the conclusion that learning to work with milk is an "empirical" approach [...]
What is a barista?
The barista is an animal to me. A circus beast. A freak, a pusher. A pimp of the cup. Wearing the...