The World’s Best and Priciest Coffee
Posted October 25, 2007 – 2:12 pm in: CoffeeCatherine posted about her $15 cup of Hacienda La Esmeralda. Fifteen bucks must be a Toronto thing. (Though I understand it is also the price being charged in Vancouver.) Maybe the price has to do with an inflated sense of status in larger Canadian cities.
Here in Edmonton, we can get a 12 ounce cup [...]
Coffee - a short video
Posted May 24, 2007 – 9:56 am in: Beverages, Coffee, Humourwritten and directed by Robert Vaughn
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Food Bites - April 27
Posted April 27, 2007 – 9:01 pm in: African, Beverages, Coffee, Condiments, Diet, Herbs and Spices, How To, Low Fat, Main Dish, Oriental, Pork, Poultry, Thai, Tips, Vegetable2 Ingredients, 2 Recipes, 4 Meals – Here’s a couple of recipes using pork and green beans.
Curry pastes – A necessary ingredient in a Perfect Pantry.
Honey Glazed Lemon Roast Chicken Recipe – A simple and delicious recipe for roast chicken.
What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like? – Pictures to give a visual sense of what a 300 [...]
And now, for some completely different coffee
Posted March 28, 2007 – 10:07 am in: Beverages, CoffeeThe boys at Transcend coffee have laid their hands on 20 pounds of Hacienda La Esmeralda, which will be arriving soon. Forbes magazine listed this as the second most expensive coffee in the world:
“Hacienda La Esmeralda’s Geisha coffee set an online auction record when it sold for over $50 dollars per pound, unroasted, on May [...]
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Posted March 9, 2007 – 12:37 pm in: Coffee, How To, Indian, Italian, Learning, LinksRecipe: Lemon Chicken…Italian style
Recipe: Cranberry Curry Chicken Pie with Leftover French Bread Crust
Free Starbucks Coffee – March 15 from 10 a.m. – noon
Sneak Up on Freezer Cooking – Tips to make the most of your freezer and your cooking time.
Organized Pantry: A Beginner Guide to Pantry Pride — Organize your pantry
Gordon Ramsey – Scrambled eggs [...]
Quote
Posted March 3, 2007 – 11:12 am in: Beverages, Coffee, Humour“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” —Abraham Lincoln
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Posted March 2, 2007 – 12:01 pm in: Coffee, HumourYou don’t need a hammer to pound nails.
Your only source of nutrition comes from “sweet and low.”
You don’t sweat, you percolate.
You’ve worn out the handles on your favourite mug.
You’ve built a miniature city out of plastic stirrers.
People get dizzy just watching you.
People can test their batteries in your ears.
When someone asks you,” how are you?”, [...]
The Economic Benefits of Home Roasting
Posted March 1, 2007 – 5:05 pm in: CoffeeINeedCoffee.com has a nice overview of the Economic Benefits of Home Roasting. I’ve been home-roasting coffee for several years and the benefit that most surprising starting out was the cost savings.
I began my home roasting using a two-dollar hot-air popper bought at a thrift shop. Somehow, I had assumed that the retail cost of green beans would be in [...]
Food Bites - February 16
Posted February 16, 2007 – 10:59 am in: Bread, Coffee, Dessert, European, Holiday Recipes, How To, Indian, Main Dish, Mediterranean, One Pot Meals, Oriental, Pasta, Pork, Poultry, Slow Cooker, Tools and EquipmentArroz Con Pollo Recipe – the classic Spanish chicken and rice dish.
Chocolate-covered cars – a waste of good chocolate.
No-Knead Bread – A bread recipe that requires no kneading, but takes plenty of time.
Love is a big rare roast – Lynette creates one of her great sounding meals for Valentine’s Day. Lucky Cakes!
The Fundamentals Of Running [...]
Home Coffee Roasting Tips
Posted January 14, 2007 – 12:42 pm in: Beverages, Coffee, TipsIf you really want to taste a fresh brew, you’ll want to roast your own coffee beans at home, and then use them as soon as they have cooled.
Home Coffee Roasting Tips

