decent arabica coffee. You can buy chicory online and at some health food or specialty stores. I use about 25% chicory. As someone else noted, use a medium grind with those metal drip gadgets you put on top of the cup. However,...

I don’t know the brand name. I get my coffee from a specialty shop in Brooklyn called Leaf & Bean. I used to get the Vintage Crop, now I get the Mocha Java Supreme. http://www.leafnbean.com/

I work a bit with coffee growers in Chiapas and Vera Cruz. They grow from conventional to certified organic fair trade specialty coffees. Many of the growers and most of the people working with the buyer coops have started...

The Specialty Coffee Association of America has awarded several Twin Cities Indy Coffeehouses a Golden Cup Award. Which means they brew exceptional coffee. They use the right amount of coffee to water, the right grind, fresh...

they have at least a dozen coffees brewed at any one time. This place is the real thing. They buy and roast their own beans, from places across the world I didn’t even know made coffee. Their prices on specialty drinks are...

Hello, I am looking for information on coffee rituals. I’d like to find out where one can go for authentic Vietnamese coffee. Is there a ritual associated with their coffee? The same for Brazilian coffee as well. Thanks, Surya

The coffees that come to mind are coffees from Central America and Hawaii. I have been ordering coffee lately from Our Coffee Barn and really like them; however TJ’s has Central American coffee and I believe Costco has good...

pre ground, in cans, in every market in America. I would go out on a limb and venture to guess that bean for bean specialty coffee stores sell far more “altruistic” coffee beans that any other source. If Young had...

A few weeks ago, while shopping at the Berkeley Farmers' Market, I was overcome with an unusual urge to buy coffee from a coffee vendor’s cart as I walked past. Normally, I’m a fairly committed (though not especially...

in those from the Americas. Especially when the New World coffees - which Ritual focuses on – are roasted fairly light. That’s not to excuse any snobbishness on the part of the people who work there. Especially since...

Ok, after 3 years I’ve been unable to find good coffee (liquid or beans) in NY. Charbucks can’t be the only option! I’ve tried Oren’s Daily Roast and Guy and Gallard (both not very good, although...

roasted and ground coffee, but for economic and logistical reasons I’m not able to purchase mail-order or specialty shop coffee. My local supermarkets are ShopRite, Pathmark, Walbaums (owned by A&P) and (soon to open) Stop...

I’m planning two road trips this Spring around the Midwest and it’s coffee culture. I’m looking for coffee houses that are secret gems to anyone outside that town or city. Whether it’s the experience going...

"The Technivorm is certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) to brew at the correct 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Because the water has to boil in order to leave the heater – there is no pump and water does...

I missed this post first time around. The proper brewing temperature for drip, as created by Ted Lingle and the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), is 200F. There are only a couple of machines that have been certified...