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What could possibly go wrong?

June 10, 2010 Ken 1

Here at Barista Magazine, we do love a lot of coffee gadgets, you know like VST’s Mojo to Go or the Aeropress, but this new home machine from Saeco is really something else. It’s smart […]

Check it ”La Marzocco’s new iPhone app is FUN! This 100% free app offers info about La Marzocco’s distributors around the world, La Marzocco equipment, news, new technology, and of course, gives access to the […]

Urnex Keeps You Clean ”See for Yourself with a Free Sample!

February 18, 2010 Sarah 2

Here at Barista Magazine‘s world headquarters, we enjoy great coffee every day ”just like you do in your shops. But last week, Ken said his cup was tasting funky. We couldn’t figure it out at […]

DIY, coffee friends!

October 15, 2009 Sarah Comments Off

In the vein of not taking oneself too seriously, here’s a project any coffee and/or gadget nerd will enjoy… because I’m betting you often find yourself in the position of wanting to watch, say, “Gossip […]

Get Your Geek On

July 20, 2009 Sarah Comments Off

Last week, I went to the American Barista & Coffee School here in Portland, Ore., to see a presentation done by Vince Fedele of the George Howell Coffee Company (GHCC), about ExtractMoJo, a brewing control […]

Coffee t-shirts… literally.

July 9, 2009 Sarah Comments Off

One thing those of us in the specialty coffee industry both love and are never in short supply of are coffee t-shirts. I attribute this to the fact that coffee folks tend to be creative […]

Wild Tamper Story

June 29, 2009 Sarah Comments Off

I love it when people email me with cool, one-of-a-kind stories about something strange and wonderful they did to enhance their experience as a coffee pro. This one’s from Brian Franklin of DoubleShot Coffee Company […]

iCoffee

May 7, 2009 Sarah Comments Off

Ah, the iPhone… not since the Starbucks to-go cups were introduced to tweens has a better buy-on-demand-status-symbol been introduced. They make you look cool when you’re chillin with your homies at WalMart! And hey, they […]

Clover Gets Wired

July 22, 2008 Ken Comments Off

So a couple of days ago my father-in-law asked if we had seen the new issue of Wired yet. It’s one of my favorite magazines, and since my father-in-law loves geeky tech stuff as much […]

Domo Arigato Mr. Pikalo

March 18, 2008 admin Comments Off

Some people have a lot of time on their hands. Take for example Oleskiy Pikalo who apparently wanted to make his own latte art, but not, you know, actually have to make it. So he […]