Irish coffee is a delicious cocktail consisting of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and brown sugar, stirred, and topped with thick cream. The coffee is drunk through the cream and is heavenly to say the least. The original recipe explicitly uses cream that has not been whipped, although whipped cream is often used. Sugar should be [...]

Once a day give yourself a present: 2 cups of good, hot, black coffee… like this I loved Twin Peaks and I love good, hot black coffee.  In case you have been living under a rock and you are not familiar with Twin Peaks, well then I feel sorry for you.  Yes, quite sorry. Twin [...]

Today I opened up my trusty sampler pack of  K cup coffees for Keurig and decided to give Tully’s Coffee Extra Bold French Roast a try.  This is an intense, dark roast coffee that is sure to wake you up in the morning! This is a very robust and bold dark roast. Tully’s French Roast K-Cup coffee [...]

Who doesn’t just LOVE Boston? I know I do, and love looking forward to my once a year east coast trip to Boston. To me, Boston is a foodie heaven, and the gourmet coffee is right up there with the best of them! Some of the most popular gourmet coffee spots in Boston are: P [...]

My husband and I were recently cruising the channels looking for something interesting to watch.  We ended up on The Travel Channel and decided to watch an episode of Bizarre Foods.  While watching the recent episode of Bizarre Foods, the show covered some of the intriguing coffee offerings of Seattle.  In this episode they stopped in [...]

On a recent episode of Bizarre Foods, the host Andrew Zimern, was in Seattle trying different types of coffee, brewed using various methods. One of the most intriguing methods showcased on that show was the use of vacuum coffee making.  It looked more like a science experiment, than coffee making, and was quite impressive! A vacuum [...]

The Slayer Espresso Machine is something I recently heard about on an episode of Bizarre Foods.  This amazing machine sells for an upwards of $20,000 but is supposed to be an amazing machine in the coffee making world. Slayer is a powerful Industrial Craft-built machine with virtually endless steam capacity plus brew temperature stability on [...]

While watching a recent episode of Bizarre Foods, the show covered some of the intriguing coffee offerings of Seattle.  In this episode they stopped in at Seattle Coffee Works.  This shop is known for its coffee cafe & their slow bar also known as the Tasting Room. The Tasting Room is a place to explore [...]

Recently while at Bed Bath & Beyond, my husband purchased a box of Van Houtte Apple Caramel Pie Coffee for me to try. He is very sweet like that and loves to surprise me with little gifts and thoughtful things. I am quite the lucky girl. So, I received the box of apple pie flavored [...]

It is Monday, and because of that I need to add a little humor to my life.  I don’t feel like working, I’d much rather be at home… drinking coffee in a snuggy, so I decided to cruise Youtube.  To think of it, I do a lot of Youtube cruising on Mondays, it seems. So, [...]