How to Brew Great Coffee in a Hotel Room
I checked into a boutique hotel in Prague last week. The room was beautiful, but the “premium” coffee station was…
Author: Imre Vasarhelyi
I write about what I actually brewed this week. If a change did not show up in the cup, I say so, even when the gear cost a fortune.
How Decaf Processing Impacts Your Coffee Flavor
Stop buying expensive single-origin beans just to watch them die in a decaf process. I see people spending a fortune…
The Simple Joy of Coffee and Reading Together
I used to work in high-end cafes where people treated every morning like a high-stakes science experiment. They’d spend twenty…
The Morning Cup: Why Your Ritual Matters
I spent three years behind a high-end bar in Budapest watching people spend fifty euros on a single bag of…
How to Clean a Neglected Coffee Brewer
I was staring at my cousin’s old pour-over setup last Tuesday, and I swear I could smell the stale oils…
How Water Hardness Affects Your Coffee Brew
I spent three years in a high-end cafe in Budapest watching people spend five hundred Euros on grinders, convinced that…
What You Actually Get When You Spend More on an Espresso Machine
I spent three years as a head barista watching people lose their minds over shiny chrome. They’ll spend half a…
The Best Way to Enjoy Coffee on Long Drives
I spent three years as a head barista watching people spend twenty euros on a “traveler’s blend” that tasted like…
How to Reduce Your Coffee Intake Slowly
I spent eight years behind a bar, and I’ve seen enough “wellness gurus” claim that you need to swap your…
The Cafe for Work and the One for Rest
I spent eight years behind a bar, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that a laptop…