November 26, 2008
by deCadmus
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It’s getting stupid busy around here, and so to make sure that I keep up with things I’m challenging myself to do more, not less. (That right there… that’s likely the stupid part of stupid busy.) As always, there’s more … Continue reading
March 5, 2008
by deCadmus
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Clover’s sitting pretty. They’ve picked up positive ink in the New York Times, Economist, The Atlantic (warning: PDF). And just yesterday evening while you were loosing sleep over the presidential primaries (you were, weren’t you… admit it!) Paul Adams posted … Continue reading
October 31, 2007
by deCadmus
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Autumn has blown into our neck of the woods with a mighty draft of whirling leaves, the aroma of wood smoke wafting from neighbors’ hearths, and — hey, this is new — a raft of folks banging on an increasingly-dated … Continue reading
August 9, 2007
by deCadmus
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There’s a new single-cup brewer in town… two of them, really. But you might not notice, ’cause Keurig slipped them into production without much fanfare. The first is an updated Keurig ‘Elite’ B40… the entry-level single cup model. The new … Continue reading
April 3, 2007
by deCadmus
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Rating: Rating: I have long been ambivalent — or at least something of a fence-sitter — where the whole single-cup coffee thing is concerned. Single-cup brewers are, by design, a study in compromise between convenience and quality. Do you want … Continue reading
November 17, 2005
by deCadmus
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Just when you thought it was safe to cast your lot and pick a single cup coffee brewer (be it a pod coffee machine, K-Cup, capsule or pouch) there arrives on the scene a spiffy new machine — the Tassimo. … Continue reading
October 30, 2005
by deCadmus
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“But what about me?” says you, a fan of fine, single origin coffees.” I mean… there’s oodles of cool new tools for the espresso-hound — PID temperature control, ever-more-fine grind control, bottomless portafilters, pressure-sensitive tampers — but what if I … Continue reading
March 24, 2005
by deCadmus
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The Mystery: What’s up with the Senseo, Anyway? The machine produced by Philips and Douwe Egberts has been rather aggressively marketed as the “coffee machine with the delicious crema layer”. I have been asked more times than I can count … Continue reading