Whether you’ve considered making your own roasted coffee beans or you simply want to be able to buy truly fresh beans, some simple facts about coffee can help you choose the best beans and end up with the best coffee you’ve ever had.Continue Reading

The days when we used to wake up in the morning, grab the morning newspaper, and brew up a wonderful cup of coffee, have started to disappear. Unless you’re a morning person who can get out of bed hours before anyone else and somehow start the day without the typicalContinue Reading

Well, after a long hiatus, I’m back with a new review of a coffee flavor I found in the grocery store called “Candy Cane”. This coffee flavor is made by Steep N Brew.  I reviewed other coffees by this brand, just search in the box above to read them. AsContinue Reading

Strong Artificially Flavored Roasted Coffee Beans When I first started to drink coffee 9 years ago I wasn’t very aware of the different flavored coffee beans.  I’m still not sure if it’s flavored in the bean or sometime before or after roasting (topic for another article later). I do knowContinue Reading

The word “percolator” has come to mean that special coffee pot that used to sit on your Grandparent’s stove and bubble away like mad all morning long. Typically they consist of a heat proof pot that holds the water, a long tube (like a straw) that holds a filter basketContinue Reading

Today I review the Steep & Brew’s Amaretto French Roast. They are roasters from Madison Wisconsin. I’ve reviewed other flavors from them and enjoyed them. This package makes up to 6 cups of coffee, just adjust the amount of water you use to make it strong or weaker. Opening theContinue Reading

For a change, a good cup of joe would be nice. It does take some time and some energy to find a great cup of gourmet coffee these days.  If you do know of a perfect coffee shop, you are one of the lucky ones. But, did you know thatContinue Reading

Coffee plants grow in a number of geographical areas, and for this reason the oils and fats that determine the bean aroma vary according to temperature, the degree of humidity and the earth the plant grows in. CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA COFFEE BEANS Caffee Arabica is the predominant type cultivatedContinue Reading

A White Russian is made of Vodka, Kaluha and heavy cream.  One of my favorite adult beverages.  But I substitute the Kaluha for Baileys’. I used to wind down my evenings with a couple after my shifts as a restaurant manager in Connecticut, back in the day.  Kaluha is aContinue Reading

Okay, back to the grind. It’s the day after Christmas, all those people that didn’t like their gifts will be in long lines returning them. Me?! I will be here blogging and enjoying a couple cups of coffee.  Later today, I will be painting, artistically, not the walls, LOL. WhenContinue Reading