Over the long Memorial Day weekend I made a trip to the San Diego area and stayed at the Hilton Torrey Pines in La Jolla. Since I am usually leery of hotel coffee – especially the quality of what is provided to brew in the room – I’m always prepared with my Bodum French press travel mug, some ground beans of my own, along with half-n-half and sugar. And, of course, I also go online prior to […]
Read MoreI have loved coffee since I was two-years old even though I never had a sip of cup until I was in college. My love affair with coffee began when my dad used to take me to the local coffee shop with him. It wasn’t a café like I think of now. It was a good old fashioned doughnut shop. He went several nights a week after work in the late evenings to unwind and I would […]
Read MoreCoffee lovers are a diverse and interesting bunch. We have rituals and rules. I, for one, have a lot of rules about coffee. I only like to drink my brewed drip coffee in the morning. Afternoons are for iced lattes and if I have a cup later in the evening it can only be French press or cappuccino. I also enjoy my daily iced lattes but not iced coffee. I hate iced coffee. It’s a small distinction […]
Read MoreAt Christmastime I was trying to figure out what to give an uncle that has everything. I thought maybe he’d enjoy a gift of things that are local to my area of San Francisco – items that he might not be able to purchase at home in Massachusetts. Remembering that my mom always talked about what a big coffee lover my uncle is, I thought that I would leverage my proximity to such great local San Francisco […]
Read MoreA Basic Coffee Glossary Lost in the world of coffee? Well it is not easy to find your way in the labyrinth of hundreds of coffee terminologies if you do not know how to decode them. You must learn the language first not because you want to emerge as some sort of expert, just because you will better enjoy your cuppa if you know the answers to all your coffee queries. So let’s have some coffee-talks to […]
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