Author: Thomas Garcia

  • List of premium hand coffee grinders

    List of premium hand coffee grinders

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    Several reasons push me to prefer manual mills to electric mills. They are less noisy, have precision mechanical side that I like, waste less coffee (with less retention). At the time I sought to acquire a coffee grinder, I started listing all the premiums manual coffee grinders on the market. This is the purpose of…

  • Review and test : Lelit 41 TEM PID

    Review and test : Lelit 41 TEM PID

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    Recently passionate about the world of coffee, I decided to take my first steps with a manual espresso machine. I automatically excluded any automatic machine because, precisely, it does everything alone and that my only participation in the ritual of coffee preparation is to press a button. Limited by my budget and after many readings,…

  • How is coffee decaffeinated?

    How is coffee decaffeinated?

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    I often asked myself this question: how is decaf coffee? After doing my research, I started to ask other questions: is decaffeinated coffee toxic? What is the environmental impact of decaffeination processes? If like me you like to take a decaf from time to time, I think knowing the processes used will interest you. The…

  • The Kopi Luwak: its history, its rarity and its lack of ethics

    The Kopi Luwak: its history, its rarity and its lack of ethics

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    Produced in Indonesia, the Kopi Luwak is one of the most expensive and rarest cafes in the world. The origin of its rarity comes from the fact that in this part of the world, the fruits of coffee are eaten by a small mammal: the Asian civet. The Civet digests only the pulp of the…

  • Coffee producing countries: Central America and the West Indies

    Coffee producing countries: Central America and the West Indies

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    After introducing you to the coffee producing countries in Africa, I will talk to Central America and the West Indies. Coffee was brought to America in 1720 by Europeans and is considered a founding economic activity in the history of Central America. This commodity has played a very important role in the political, monetary and…

  • Eureka Mignon review

    Eureka Mignon review

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    Do you like coffee and you’re in a hurry in the morning? Do you have people at home or you do not want to waste time grinding coffee by hand? So like me, you probably thought about acquiring an electric coffee grinder. Like hand coffee grinders, there are many models, all prices and different qualities.…