Courtesy of AMICO, you can now keep our cup of coffee or tea warm without having to use a microwave (or any other old-fashioned technology). How it works: The solar panel sits on top of your coffee mug. You have to push down the little green (plastic) sprout coming out to power it on. Electricity [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Coffee Accessories'
Solar Powered Coffee/Tea Cup Warmer
November 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Coffee Accessories, Environmentalism
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How to Make Turkish Coffee without an Ibrik
September 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Coffee, Coffee Accessories, How To, Tricks of the Trade, Turkey
If you don’t feel like buying any new coffee hardware and you would still like to know what Turkish coffee tastes like, then you may be in luck. It is possible to make Turkish coffee using a few basic household items: A small saucepan, super fine ground coffee, water and sugar. Standard Turkish coffee recipes [...]
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Campfire Coffee and Other Caffeinated Lore
September 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee, Coffee Accessories, Random, Tricks of the Trade
Is it true what they say about egg shells? Do they really magically filter out loose coffee grounds? I have heard from numerous sources that this does in fact work, which means that this would be a handy trick around a campfire in case you didn’t bring any kind of sifter/filter with you (of course [...]
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What is An Espresso Pod?
September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Coffee Accessories, Espresso, Filters
An espresso pod is pre-packaged espresso ready to be loaded into a standard espresso maker to eliminate the hassle of having to grind the beans, pour them into the filter and tamp it yourself. They tend to come in cloth-like coffee filter packaging. They’re clean to use and clean to throw away after you’ve pulled [...]
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Guess What? We’re Pregnant!
September 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Coffee Accessories
We’re pregnant! This is our first. The best thing we could think of to give my parents to mark the occasion was… a coffee mug, of course. We found this customizable mug at Starbucks. The white pen that came with it did not work very well so we bought another artsy permanent pen to write [...]
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