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| With increasing frequency there is one question we are asked by prospective new coffee shop owners more than any other when choosing equipment: should we use a superautomatic or traditional style commercial espresso machine for our new business? Over that past few years, advances in commercial superautomatic espresso machine technology have made systems that can do everything from grinding beans, tamping and extracting es... |
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| Published: Monday, February 05, 2007 |
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| For most of us, brewing up our morning cup of coffee is more than just a necessity, it is a matter of convenience. Each night, millions of us coffee lovers pile heaping tablespoons of our favorite gourmet coffees into those paper filters, fill the tank of our coffee makers with water and set the timer so that our coffee is ready and waiting first thing in the morning.
But why would anyone spend good money on the finest... |
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| Published: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
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When you want to have a cup of delicious coffee, it is best to use coffee that is fresh and hot off the grinder. Most coffee lovers contend that it is best to let the coffee beans pass through a grinder first before brewing them in order to preserve the aroma.
Normally, ground coffee eventually loses its flavor when exposed to air for a long period, thus, the longer the ground coffee is exposed in the air, the ... |
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| Published: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
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The story of the stove-top espresso maker begins in 1918, when Alfonso Bialetti returned to his native Italy from France, where he had worked in the aluminium industry, to start a small workshop manufacturing metal household goods.
The actual idea for the stove-top espresso maker came from a simple washing machine. During the 1920s Alfonso Bialetti observed the local women of Crusinallo washing their clothes in... |
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| Published: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
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If you're currently wondering how to select a coffee bean grinder to suit you and your kitchen then you probably already know that there are various options open to you. In simple terms most coffee grinders will be spilt into two camps - blade grinders and burr grinders. So how do you choose between the two?
First, it's worth noting that you can buy both types of grinder as both electric and manual options if y... |
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| Published: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
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An increasing number of us nowadays are wondering how to select a single serve coffee maker that will suit us best at home. These kinds of coffeemaker are designed to produce - as you might expect - a single cup of coffee at a time and they are becoming increasingly popular amongst all kinds of coffee drinkers.
In the past we've been a bit limited in our choices of coffee maker - we've often, for example, had t... |
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| Published: Sunday, October 22, 2006 |
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If you have decided to roast your own coffee then your first port of call will be to consider how to select a coffee roaster that is right for you. This decision is probably one of the hardest coffee-related choices you'll have to make - there's nothing worse than buying the wrong kind of roaster for your needs.
We're going to be primarily looking at automated custom coffee bean roasters for the purposes of thi... |
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| Published: Sunday, October 22, 2006 |
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| What is "Scale"?
The build up of minerals inside the hot parts of your coffee machine or espresso machine is commonly called lime scale. This term is derived from hard water areas in some parts of the world that have a high lime content in their water. In fact any mineral that comes out of solution from heat can deposit itself in the water carrying parts of your coffee machine. Typically this will affect your boiler, t... |
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| Published: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
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| The first thing I recommend to a friend buying a coffee machine is that it needs to look good. Yep, The Most Important Thing about a coffee machine is how it looks. Every day you're going to walk up to this machine and make a coffee. Think about how you'll feel when you use it, will you appreciate the slim design? Do you prefer a machine with lots of dials and buttons? Do you prefer large or small? A machine that looks "w... |
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| Published: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
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| Coffee has five primary ways of being brewed. Each method has brewing variables - introduction of water, brewing temperature, and separating the brewed liquor from the coffee grounds. These five methods are called Turkish brewing, concentrate brewing, percolating, drip brewing, and French Press brewing.
"Turkish" or "Greek" Coffee
Turkish coffee or kahve is the traditional name is made in small containers directly o... |
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| Published: Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
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