Not all of us can afford to live in mansions with kitchens the size of small apartments. Living space is contracting. Houses and apartments are getting smaller. Efficiency is the new buzz word in construction. The trend is now to make maximum use of a minimal space. And the first room to suffer is the [...] Continue Reading

While espresso seems to be all the rage, we shouldn’t forget the place that drip (filter) coffee has in our lives. At its essence, the art of drip coffee-making is quite simple. Pour hot water over coffee powder, run it through a filter and there you have it. But we’ve all had enough bad coffee [...] Continue Reading

The whole drip brewing process relies on hot water coming into contact with coffee grounds and then dripping through to a receptacle of some sort – a mug perhaps. If the water passes through quickly, you’ll end up with weak coffee. If it goes through slowly, you might get bitter coffee (similar to over-extraction on [...] Continue Reading

The one thing everyone is short of today is time. And when we think of having no time, we think of instant solutions. Let’s say you’re hosting a meeting for 10 people. And they all want coffee. But you don’t have time to make everyone an espresso or a cappuccino or a latte. You want [...] Continue Reading