Author Archives: Matt
Is Coffee a life-saver?
It seems I’m always seeing some new article touting the health benefits of coffee. This time around, I came across a single article that seems to cover most of them. Let’s see, coffee: Coffee reduces the risk of skin cancer (basal-cell carcinoma, specifically) reduces stroke risk reduces depression in women reduces risk of type 2 … Continue reading
Bodum coffee and tea maker concept
Don’t get too excited (or scared)…this is just a concept! It’s definitely unique…a beautiful concept for brewing coffee and tea, though not without some functional issues. Check it out at Yanko Design.
Rising prices of coffee
As demand for coffee increases, prices go up, but compounding the problem is climate change, resulting in ever increasing prices, and a shift from a cheap commodity drink to one where the bean is valued higher and the entire process more rigorously controlled. Anyway, there’s a great article about this over at Good, it’s worth … Continue reading
Kids and coffee
Should kids drink coffee? Of course not, right? Well that’s what I USED to think. Sure, I’d let my daughter taste my espresso. Not a big deal. But I’d never dream of letting her drink much at such a young age. However, like everything in life, the reality is much more complicated. It turns out … Continue reading
Putting coffee waste to good use
Growing coffee, like any crop, is a multi-step process that the end users don’t fully appreciate or understand. One step, washing the beans, produces a syrup-like waste material called mucilage. Engineers in Columbia are experimenting with taking this waste product, and using it to convert bioethanol which can then be burned as fuel – in … Continue reading
Reusable AeroPress Filter
I love coffee made from my AeroPress, though don’t like having to use paper filters (though they’re great for the compost pile) and having to remember to take them when camping is a pain. Well, there’s a nice reusable alternative now, this stainless steel filter from Coava (also available on Amazon, but then, what isn’t … Continue reading
