With the rise of specialty coffee, many home baristas have at least tried their hands at roasting their own coffee beans. I mean it’s cheaper, more hands-on, and can be highly satisfying. However, I have never roasted my own coffee beans and I never intend to. This post will explain why not and why I think …
Well it is pretty amazing that it is this time of year again already! Black Friday 2022 is almost here. The Black Friday sale starts Friday, November 25 and goes through the weekend and on to Cyber Monday. This is a great chance to get a head start on the Christmas shopping with a ton …
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In 2022, How to Make the Best Coffee at Home was released by Youtube coffee luminary James Hoffmann. This is his newest book since The World Atlas of Coffee in 2014 (incidentally the very first coffee book I ever read cover to cover). Over the last five years or so James Hoffmann has really become the poster boy for …
Go back even a few decades and the question of what is a flat white would have been all but incomprehensible to most both North Americans and Europeans. The only ones who would have understood the question would have been the Aussies and Kiwis in the great Down Under. The Flat White however is now …
Amazon Prime Day Early Access Sale has begun! And there are tons of deals on quality coffee gear. The Prime Early Access Sale is a new Amazon sale day being introduced this year. In effect, a second Amazon Prime Day. The sale runs over 48 hours with thousands of deals on offer. The sale is …
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Purchasing the best tea kettle for you can be a great first step towards better loose-leaf tea. While here at The Coffee Folk we are (obviously) fairly big on coffee, but there is no denying the appeal of high-quality, well-brewed tea. And part of the joy of tea drinking is not only the finished product …
If you have made it far enough to read this article about the best espresso machine under $500, you are at an exciting stage in your coffee journey! You are moving beyond entry-level machines at this price bracket and can expect the basic features of mid-level espresso machines. Here at The Coffee Folk, this is …
With healthy living on the rise, a number of coffee enthusiasts have switched to using honey in coffee. I mean, who doesn’t love delicious honey on fresh sourdough!? And If we love coffee and honey, why shouldn’t we love them together? Or so the argument goes. In this article, we will consider this phenomenon and …
The Mazzer Omega is the long-awaited answer to whether Mazzer would ever dip their toes into the world of hand grinders. The Mazzer Omega hand grinder has been highly anticipated almost exclusively on the industry trust in the brand. Mazzer has long been a giant in the grinder-producing world, and their coffee grinders appear in …
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If you care about coffee then you need to care about grinders. End of story. We have an axiom at The Coffee Folk that the flavor of your coffee will never exceed the quality of your grinder In short, an average coffee grinder leads to an average coffee. To get superb coffee one of the …