Doug Zell is a guy I don’t know, but I admire.  He founded Intelligentsia, a coffee company well known for innovation and quality, a leader in both categories.  Intelligentsia is a coffee company many coffee people look up to, me included. Coffee...

I have a confession to make: I haven’t owned an automatic drip coffee maker, or consumed automatic drip coffee (at home, in both cases), in more than a decade. Sure, I drink “drip” coffee at our shop.  Technically, our FETCO Extractor is a drip...

We’re looking for a part-time person to help us build and administer our QA program.  Right now, we’re kinda thinking of it as a long project assignment, but who knows?  One of the primary functions will be to have responsibility for organic...

Baratza Virtuoso In addition to the Maestro, we are now stocking the Virtuoso grinder.  This is a sweet machine.  If you haven’t seen it, you need to check it out.  It’s a deal at $199. We also have a Vario in the house to evaluate; I need to give it...

Coupla snow days + unlimited roasted cornmeal = truly inspired corn muffins I have to admit, I’ve been developing this recipe in my head for a couple weeks now.  Our roasted cornmeal has inspired several dishes in our household, like this one, and...