3 Ways Brewing with a Scale Will Make Your Life Easier
One of the most important pieces of Coffee Geek home brewing equipment is a good, dependable scale. Brewing with the right amount of coffee grounds is crucial to making a…
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FRIDAY: Cuppings in Chicago, NYC, DC, and Philly
Join us Friday for cuppings in all cities! A cupping is an organized way of analyzing coffee for its fragrances and flavors. At these free public tastings, you can try…
3 Reasons Coffee Is Probably Pretty Good For You
There has been a lot of buzz lately about new studies showing the health benefits of coffee. Nutritional science always seems to be producing contradictory studies, but there’s been some…
What’s The Deal With Water?
If you’re new to home brewing, you might have noticed that your pourover at home doesn’t taste quite as good as the one you had in the café. The reason…
5-Step Killer Cold Brew
It’s summertime and while the temperature outside is going up, the temperature of drinks is going down, down, down…it’s iced coffee season! One of the best ways to get into…
Friday Cuppings: 1 Coffee, 4 Ways
Roasting methods have a dramatic effect on the taste and body of a coffee, and yet, it usually only the roaster that gets to taste a coffee at different roast…
An Introduction to Silvertons
If you’ve seen the glass Silverton brewers on the counters of our shops, they look kind of like a science experiment. They are definitely a piece of Coffee Geek equipment. They’re…
On Friday, Bike Helmet = Free Coffee
It’s National Bike to Work Week and we’re pretty excited about it. Many La Colombe homies ride to work daily, including our founder JP. A great morning ride is almost…
A Classic Cup: Q & A with Master Taster James Tooill
When we say, “Picture a classic cup of coffee,” many people think of the same brew: a dark, luxurious coffee with tasting notes like chocolate, caramel, and roasted nuts. A…
Espresso: Explained
This might surprise you, but, technically, any coffee can be an espresso. There aren’t special espresso coffee beans or anything like that. The word “espresso” simply refers to the way…
Extraction: Explained
When you brew coffee, you are using hot water to extract and dissolve actual coffee out of the grounds. Extraction describes how much of the coffee you’re brewing ends up in your…
Friday Cuppings: Try our new Brazilian
Head’s up DC, Philly, NYC, Chicago! It’s a cupping week and this Friday, we’re excited to launch a new single-origin coffee from the Santa Mariana farm in Brazil. Available starting…