JP’s Homegrown French Press Recipe
Amidst all the new coffee technologies and trends out there, sometimes it’s nice to have a simple, traditional cup of coffee. Our co-founder JP has achieved a zen-like balance between…
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Friday Escape: The Old Cars of Cuba
Feliz viernes, amigos! Friday is here again, and we’ve got a fun escape for you today. This week on Uncommon Grounds, Todd went to look for coffee in Cuba with…
1 Morning – 3 Coffees: How to Brew a Coffee Flight
Sometimes you just can’t decide what to brew. You want to try all your exciting new single-origin coffees, but you don’t want to get crazy hopped up on caffeine. Well,…
Coffee Lingo: Cafecito
Cafecito: (n.) a small coffee with a big taste. Often used in reference to Cuban coffee, you’ll also hear this word used throughout Latin America and Spanish-English bilingual communities. It…
Strong, Dark, and Sweet: Cafe Cubano Recipe
Everyone knows about Cuban coffee. It’s notoriously dark, strong, and sweet, usually served in small cups called tacitas. It’s easy to get a café cubano (Cuban coffee) anywhere in the…
Monday Motivation: Break It Down
People have been finding ways around walls for all of history. Over them, under them, through them. A wall is just a wall. Read the full piece here.
Friday Escape: Oishi Park, Japan
The lavender fields in Oishi Park, Japan. A peaceful-looking Friday Escape at the end of a busy week. Get yourself ready for the weekend by turning your brain off a…
3 Solid Single-Origins
We have a new coffee pack available for purchase on our site, and lemme tell ya, it’s a solid line-up. These three brews are great examples of standard-but-excellent coffees from…
Quick Fix for Cold Brew: Iced Chemex
Since Todd went to Japan in this week’s episode of Uncommon Grounds, we’re trying out the Japanese-style method of making iced coffee! If you are a cold brew lover, this recipe…
Coffee Lingo: Parchment
Parchment: (n.) a coffee bean’s skivvies. As we know, coffee beans are the seeds of the coffee fruit. Inside the pulp of the coffee cherry, there are two other layers…
Pull ‘Spro Like a Pro: 3 Espresso Tips
When you go into a cafe for your morning coffee, the espresso machine is buzzing and the barista is dancing around it, pulling shots fast and furiously. It takes a…
Monday Motivation: Fear versus Danger
It’s Monday, our new favorite day of the week! Todd Carmichael’s new show, Uncommon Grounds, is airing on the Travel Channel tonight at 11pm. This week, Todd heads to Japan…