Coffee

elixir of life

for the love of coffee

Coffee is an acquired taste and an affordable luxury. And it will take time and drinking a lot of it to experience the various nuances of different origins. It is just like appreciating good wine. Once you can appreciate coffee just by itself, without sugar, cream or artificial flavoring, you can start calling yourself a coffee aficionado.

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Find articles about all aspects of coffee. It is a never-ending story with a rich history. New ideas inspired by coffee are evolving somewhere on the globe. We will try our best to uncover interesting facts about this heavenly drink.

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Bialetti – the Italian Coffee Experience

by Manuel Wisotzky | Coffee Brewing methods, coffee equiment

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...

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...

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

by Manuel Wisotzky | Specialty Coffees

Is Kopi Luwak the most expensive coffee? You certainly have heard about civet coffee or may know it rather by its more colloquial expression cat poop coffee. To add a more sophisticated touch and to establish it as an upscale product it is now mostly marketed under...