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The recently reviewed Zojirushi Fresh Brew is on Amazon.com’s list of Friday Sale items… at $49.99 it’s a pretty good deal on a very spiffy home drip brewer.

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We’ve been talking about what it takes to find and recognize those shining beacons of coffee culture in an otherwise barren landscape. For while we are assured the rights of life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness by means of a superior coffee experience is not guaranteed. [As to …

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…and avoid the rest.My recent trip to Seattle offered one sublime coffee experience after another. The place has a finely developed coffee culture that’s grown far beyond Starbucks’ 98 coffee houses. The weather, the food, the sound [both Puget and garage-band] the scene and the …

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You’d think it should be easy to make a great blend from outstanding origin coffees… say, if you had your pick of a series of Central American Cup of Excellence winners. It simply isn’t so. Coffees of this caliber are not only outstanding representations of origin, they tend toward the intense side of the coffee experience. Not only is it a challenge to marry such flavors, it’d be something of a travesty [and certainly an expensive mistake] to get it wrong.

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A final [really!] round-up of SCAA events, memoirs and exposés from around the webisphere…One thing is clear: there was simply so much happening in so many places that it’s impossible to catch it all… or even to be aware of what might be happening right under your …

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Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. Me, I left my voice in Seattle.Too much: walking in the rain, chatting ’til all hours. Not enough: sleep, food. Did I mention sleep? The result: laryngitis. A few days of down-time. Dozing in the La-Z-boy while Spring showers …

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