Recipe: Fuck You, It’s Chili
Because of actually stewing the tomatoes like some kind of hippy, this recipe takes too much effort to be an actual “Fuck It” recipe*. However, since its key ingredients are two things that purists — or as...
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What I’m Drinking: Cold Brew
One of the downsides to brewing your own hot coffee in the morning is that it requires measuring, filling, and operating equipment before you’ve had your coffee. This leads to all kinds of bleary-eyed brewing mishaps, like...
Read MoreLearn to drink coffee! Part 1
Believe it or not, this is something that’s come up many times over the past decade and a half. “I want to drink coffee, but I just can’t stand the taste!” “I need caffeine, but coffee tastes...
Read MoreHow to order coffee at Starbucks
Here’s a question I get a lot: “How do I order coffee at Starbucks?“ There’s something about the ubiquitous green-aproned store that seems to intimidate people who’ve never been in one before. They...
Read MoreHow to make coffeeshop drinks: Putting it together
You’ve chugged through all those loooong posts on getting your equipment, your beans, your tea, your ingredients … finally you can put it all together and actually make your drink! The first step is to have an idea...
Read MoreHow to make coffeeshop drinks: Other ingredients
Okay, so you’ve got your coffee (or tea), now what? If you just want to make a regular cup of joe, or a regular cup of tea, you’re set! But if you’re looking to make some of the other drinks from the menu of...
Read MoreHow to make coffeeshop drinks: Tea
Welcome to another part of an ongoing series of posts about making your own drinks at home! If you’ve been reading along so far, you may have been thinking to yourself “thanks for all the info on coffee, but...
Read MoreHow to make coffeeshop drinks: Storing and grinding beans
So, using the guide from the last post, you’ve found some coffee beans you like. Once you’ve got your package of delicious coffee, there’s two things to worry about: storing your beans and grinding them. The...
Read MoreHow to make coffeeshop drinks: Coffee beans
Welcome to part 2 of my series of posts on making your own coffee/tea drinks at home. In case you missed it, the first post covered the equipment part of the equation. Today, I’m talking about coffee beans. First things...
Read MoreHow to make coffeeshop drinks: Equipment
One thing people ask me frequently is how to make their favorite coffee shop drinks at home. A lot of drinks are surprisingly easy to make, especially if you have the right things on hand. In this part of what will hopefully be...
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