The 10th Annual World Barista Championship was held April 16-18 in Atlanta, GA. At the end of three days of fierce competition among baristas representing 52 different nations, Gwylim Davies of the United Kingdom took home the crown, taking it from Ireland’s Stephen Morrissey, the WBC’s 2008 winner.
The World Barista Championship was established in 2000, [...]
Is your favorite coffee drink flooding your body with the equivalent calories of a full meal? If you drink one of those frozen coffee drinks with whipped cream, syrup and other goodies, it shouldn’t come as any surprise. With 75% of Americans drinking at least one cup of coffee a day, and a fair percentage [...]
Move over, London. Cologne’s got you beat.
On August 30, 2009, Kruger Communications hosted a world-record-breaking coffee party at Cologne’s Jugendpark. KrugenKranzchen was billed as the largest coffee party in the world, and will be noted as such in the Guinness Book of World Records. The last record breaking coffee party was held in London [...]
The Delonghi EC155 Espresso Maker mixes air while brewing to produce a wonderful frothy flavored coffee drink. This unit makes entertaining guests at home, work or at a social event quick and easy. The Delonghi EC155 is capable of making 8 demi-cups of espresso in 15 minutes.
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The Delonghi EC155 Espresso Maker is [...]
The C100 Essenza Automatic Espresso and Coffee maker spells out sheer power with the 19-bar-powerful pump capacity to deliver delicious restaurant quality espresso each and every time. Just one touch turns your coffee beverage into a frothy delight. This incredible machine received a five star rating average from different reviewers.
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The Nespresso C100 Essenza model [...]
Are you looking for a special coffee gift for the coffee lover in your life? Times are tight, but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat your coffee fan like a million bucks. These ten coffee gifts each cost less than $10! At that price, you can afford to treat all the coffee lovers in your [...]
I learned to make espresso at my grandmother’s elbow, using a stovetop moka pot and fresh-ground coffee beans. She made cappuccino by topping espresso with whipped evaporated milk and crusted the top with a sprinkle of superfine sugar. While the confession would probably draw gasps of horror from dedicated coffee snobs, I still love coffee [...]
Espresso machines have become the ultimate symbol of the high-end urbanite. Where “coffee machines” are generally the province of women and kitchen countertops, espresso machines have become nearly as hot a status symbol as your own wine cellar. And with such influential publications as Gourmet and Conde Nast Traveler devoting high-profile stories to the art [...]
La Pavoni espresso machines share one of the most respected pedigrees in the world of coffee. La Pavoni Spa was founded by Desiderio Pavoni in 1905 in the small town of Via Parini, Italy, but it was not Pavoni’s first introduction in the coffee world. His first invention, the very first espresso machine on record, [...]
Melitta Coffee Makers are made under contract with the Melitta Coffee company, the company best known for the cone-shaped coffee filter. Melitta was founded in 1908 when a young German housewife, Melitta Bentz, had a coffee-inspired brainstorm. For centuries, coffee enjoyment had been marred by the dregs – spent coffee grounds that invariably ended up [...]
