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The Coffee Wars

rajbot — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:38:23 +0000

A Ken Burns documentary on the San Francisco Coffee Wars

from Killing My Lobster

GIANT STEPS

rajbot — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:19:00 +0000

We switched to Blue Bottle beans at work. Just look at this giant bag of Giant Steps!

Fail Mug

rajbot — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:01:11 +0000

We made some FAIL mugs:

You might be able to order your own here.

Page-Turner Coffee

rajbot — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:57:36 +0000

Peliom sends in this observation about Philz:

I got the “fire alarm” coffee from philz this AM

sooooo good!

certain coffees I call “page turners” becaues I take a sip and then I have to take another sip, and on and on

just like a book I can’t put down

CC by-nc Photo by Scott Beale/Laughing Squid

At the Can’t Fail Cafe…

may — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:12:53 +0000

At the Can’t Fail Cafe in Emeryville there’s a super yummy milkshake made with guinness stout, chocolate ice cream, and espresso. I think they gave it the perfect name.

Monday Morning SCIENCE!

rajbot — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:54:16 +0000

OK, we can now add LASER to the list of coffee-prep methods that we need for our taste test..

Well Caffeinated

rajbot — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:51:29 +0000

I just got this coffee gizmo called the Aerobie Aeropress. It’s made by the same company that makes those frisbees that always get stuck in trees.

It’s basically a french press with a filter, but unlike a french press, it takes only a few seconds to clean, it uses a paper filter so your coffee isn’t full of silt, and it’s made out of ~~cheap~~ plastic. They recommend using a ton of grounds and only brewing the coffee for ten seconds with not-so-hot water, which underextracts the beans and makes it insanely strong without being bitter. I’ve had two cups and now I think I can see through time!

Chicken John’s Coffee-Powered Pickup Truck

rajbot — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:22:17 +0000

Chicken John and friends are working on a coffee-ground powered pickup truck!

Right now the truck runs off hydrogen gas (Wood Gas) produced by gassifying wood pellets, but when Chicken John gets $5000 for a pelletizer, it will run off coffee grounds. Check out the pics!

We also shot a couple videos of us driving from Dolores Park to Ritual. After we get started on gas, Chicken shuts off the fuel pump and we start running on wood. The second video has a few details of how the engine works..

Tailgating at the yuppiest coffee shop in town…

rajbot — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:31:05 +0000

While drinking coffee at Ritual and waiting around for the Wood-Powered Truck, we came up with a solution to Ritual’s weekend overcrowding:

Pancake Robot

peliom — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:46:30 +0000

The last few weekends I’ve been waking up and thinking “man, I wish I had a pancake robot.”

I’m not sure how this robot would look, but I am sure about the user interface…press a button, five minutes later: pancakes. Then dump a few of the robot parts into the dishwasher (that part is important. I don’t want to be cleaning up a bunch of stuff on my weekend). Ideally the pancake robot would be hooked up the the water system and also our municipal supply of pancake mix. Syrup and butter I would do myself….I guess I’m old fashioned that way.

Link to midwestern pancake robot story.