How Do Coffee Machines Work?

A specialist coffee machine is a surprisingly sophisticated device. Manufacturers have had more than 100 years to hone their designs, so these coffee machines are pretty complicated from the inside once you open them up. The Science Channel explains how commercial style coffee machines are designed to deliver the perfect cup of coffee. So you can understand… Continue reading How Do Coffee Machines Work?

Starbucks Sued For Putting Too Much Ice In Its Iced Drinks

The coffee giant, Starbucks, is being sued for $5 million over the amount of ice in their iced coffee drinks, giving customers 50 percent less coffee than that of a hot beverage of the same size despite being priced higher. The unhappy customer, Stacy Pincus, who is suing the coffee chain claims the coffee company… Continue reading Starbucks Sued For Putting Too Much Ice In Its Iced Drinks

Custom Roasted Coffee By DOERS.coffee

You can have your coffee customized the way you want it, It’s called DOERS.coffee, and it’s branded as the world’s first digital, 100-percent custom roastery. Custom roast your own signature coffee blend effortlessly and have it shipped right to your door. You can receive your order as whole beans, ground beans or in Nespresso capsules. Watch the video below to… Continue reading Custom Roasted Coffee By DOERS.coffee

How To Make the Perfect Cappuccino

Cappuccino is a classic espresso drink that requires the perfect touch to make. Michael Phillips, Director of Training at Blue Bottle Coffee and 2010 World Barista Champion will show us how to master the perfect cappuccino in the video below.

Barista: A Documentary of the Top Five U.S. Barista Championships

Barista is a new documentary from Samuel Goldwyn Films that features the country’s top five baristas as they work their way through the US Barista Championship, The National Barista Championship is an intense, cutthroat competition wherein competitors get 15 minutes to prepare 12 drinks. Watch the video trailer below.

Turkish Sand Coffee

Turkish coffee is a method of preparing unfiltered coffee. Normally to make a traditional Turkish coffee you need a spirit burner to heat the finely ground coffee beans with water under a rolling boil until it begins to foam up into the neck of the pot. Repeat the process a couple of times before the mixture… Continue reading Turkish Sand Coffee

Starbucks Coffee: A Creative Paper Cut-Out Animation Story

Netherlands based designer Rogier Wieland has developed an animation video for Starbucks to illustrate the reversed story of how their coffee goes from bean to your cup. The short clip was created by transferring video stills to paper cutouts that were then animated to make an amazing stop-motion movie. via: Laughing Squid

Inside The World’s Largest Starbucks

Starbucks has recently opened up a flagship store located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. This location has two coffee bars, an in-house kitchen, a shop, a two-story library complete with 200 books, including a roasting plant where the company produces its small batch Reserve beans. The building itself was constructed in 1910 as a automobile dealership, until Starbucks took over in 2013. This giant… Continue reading Inside The World’s Largest Starbucks