Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Steaming Milk for Beginners


Steaming Milk for Beginners
Frothing is probably the most underappreciated part of coffeehouse culture. After all, without the foam, your cappuccino or latte is just plain espresso.

The History of Instant Coffee
We all have seen and possibly used instant coffee sometime in our life, but have you ever wondered where this dark, mysterious, water soluble powder gained its popularity?

Sugar and Spice: A Tale of Coffee and Tea Additives
Consider a world without spice what would it be? Bland, Uninteresting, tasteless. Now when you add a little flavor to things even the most mundane and predictable beverage can jump.

Coffee and dohnuts?
Baltimore Sun - Denise Riccardo was struck first by the Kwik-E-Mart sign out front and the banner beneath it: "Thank you for loitering, please come again," it read. Things were also unusual inside the convenience store: An oversized plastic cutout of beach-ball ...