Clover Coffee

Rebecca and I stopped by Jeni’s Ice Cream for dessert while celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary. Since we were in Grandview, we decided to drop in at Stauf’s and get some espresso. While there, I saw an interesting machine that they called the Clover. The idea of the machine was you could buy any single [...]

Hacked Grinder

Ever since I got the Rancilio Silvia espresso machine, I haven’t really been happy with what I once considered a good grinder, the Starbucks Barista burr grinder. But it just didn’t grind fine enough for the Silvia. Until now. I learned how to make a relatively simple adjustment that seems to work brilliantly. I will [...]

Chipotle Coffee Rub

I began some experiments with cooking with coffee tonight. The first was a rub using chipotle peppers, coffee and a few other ingredients. We used it on a nice cut of salmon. The results were really good, though I think next time I’ll tone down the ratio of peppers to coffee. There was just a [...]