I love my iced lattes from Peet’s. I get one nearly every day (no matter what time of year). But heading to the local café for a cold beverage can be expensive. I’m a fan of the iced latte because it is made with espresso and milk and ends up being a cold, frothy delight. But I’m not so much of a fan of the regular iced coffee. The difference is that I find iced coffee to […]
Read MoreOK, it is been three months now since Peet’s finally released its version of the single coffee cups that work with Keurig Brewers. I was going to write about when it happened – mostly because I have been waiting for years and was so excited. However, I decided to wait and see if my excitement lived up to the reality and quality. And I have to say it does. To date, I have only seen packages of […]
Read MoreOne of the biggest concerns that I had when moving to a single cup brewer about 10 months ago was the amount of waste generated by the K Cups. I am a big recycler and it bothered me for our household to be tossing out about 6 to 8 of these little plastic pods each day – even more when we have guests. I’ve seen some data that claims the more than 5 billion K Cups were […]
Read MoreOver the past couple of weeks I have been weaning myself off dairy a little bit. Sharon from BigCityVegan.com has been trying her best for me to eat better and although I don’t listen to 90% of what she tells me I did try almond milk a few weeks ago. I never thought in a million years about changing my coffee drinking or even alter it in any way. I use to have my coffee with milk […]
Read MoreI have mentioned I am a coffee fanatic and really only drink water, coffee, ice tea and an occasional glass of wine or two. Yes, my beverage roster is pretty limited. I use my Cuisinart/Keurig every day (all day) to brew coffee but I also brew iced tea with it and I love it. On a recent trip to Costco my hubby was mesmerized by a demonstration of the Soda Stream, a machine that lets you make […]
Read MoreMy Cuisinart/Keurig gets a pretty rigorous workout on a daily basis, but Thanksgiving Day was a new test for the machine as we had a house full of guests that all are big coffee drinkers. The single K Cups made it so easy for me to keep up with the rapid coffee consumption. In the past when we’ve hosted a gathering I am brewing, washing, refilling, and grinding beans. It’s a non-stop job. It’s also one task […]
Read MoreGuest Post by Leslie in Honor of National Coffee Day Coffee is one of human beings favorite legal vices – they don’t call them coffee addicts for nothing! Coffee drinking is practically its own religion with Starbucks being the ultimate place of worship for most caffeine connoisseurs. Coffee is the reason for most people to get up in the morning. To many coffee drinkers that first sip and first smell of coffee in the morning is like […]
Read MoreThe other day I was talking with my friend Sharon and we were discussing her vegan lifestyle. I am a meat eating guy no matter how hard she is trying to change me but this morning I woke up and had a cup of coffee and that got me thinking. Is coffee vegan? I did some research and found that since coffee is a plant that it is fine by itself it is when you add things […]
Read MoreIn my last post I told you that I just exchanged my Cuisinart Grind and Brew (we had two different machines with faulty grinders in a span of less than 3 months) for a Cuisinart/Keurig Single Cup Brewer. My big dilemma was what the heck I should brew in the new machine. I tried the reusable filter with my staple of Peet’s Costa Rican but I found that the ease of using the machine was washed away […]
Read MoreAfter years of scoffing at the single cup brewers as inferior to the many brewing devices I already own (a French press, a grind and brew automatic drip, a siphon pot, and an espresso machine) I broke down and got a single cup brewing machine yesterday. It seemed like the logical choice after buying a Cuisinart Grind and Brew that had grinding problems right off the bat and needed to be exchanged twice in the span of […]
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