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Bialetti – the Italian Coffee Experience

by Manuel Wisotzky | Coffee Brewing methods

The moka pot, a timeless Italian icon I believe virtually anyone has seen a moka pot, the iconic stove top coffee maker with its characteristic octagonal shape in shiny aluminum. After all, it is around for more than 80 years, practically unchanged. It was invented in...

Unlimited Coffee Bar in Tokyo

by Manuel Wisotzky | Coffee shops

Unlimited Coffee Bar, a place for professionally prepared coffee The Unlimited Coffee Bar is a small gem of a coffee shop with top-notch specialty coffee in a charming downtown area of Tokyo. This neighborhood is bustling with tourists from all over the world....

Cold brewed coffee

by Manuel Wisotzky | Coffee Brewing methods

What’s the buzz with cold brewed coffee? Cold brewed coffee became more popular in the US only in the last 10 years or so, but it has already a long history. There is evidence that it has been around in Japan as early as the 1600s. Japanese have always been drinkers...

Acid reflux caused by coffee – fact or fiction?

by Manuel Wisotzky | Coffee and Health

Does coffee cause acid reflux - fact or fiction? Have you or your loved ones experienced heartburn or acid reflux? You are not alone with this unpleasant condition affecting many more people than you would think. According to the American College of Gastroenterology...

Delightful coffee from Costa Rica

by Manuel Wisotzky | Coffee Origins

Costa Rica - a small country with great coffee Costa Rica is very well known among coffee lovers around the world for its delicious coffee, even though this little country doesn't even make it into the list of the top ten producers in the world in terms of...

Kopi Luwak anyone? It’s just $80 a cup.

by Manuel Wisotzky | Speciality Coffees

You certainly have heard about civet coffee or maybe rather the more colloquial expression of cat poop coffee. To add a more sophisticated touch and to establish it as an upscale product it is now mostly marketed under its Indonesian name Kopi Luwak. The most...