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K Kat

Playing with the Temperature of the Breville Dual Boiler

One of the benefits of an espresso machine with a PID interface is that you get to...

• Jun 4, 2012

K Kat

Brewin' with Brandi: Violet's Folly

We tasked Brandi with creating some non-alcoholic, non-caffeinated drinks to expan...

• May 31, 2012

K Kat

Crew Review: DeLonghi EC702

No muss, no fuss! DeLonghi's entry level semi-automatic espresso machines offer gr...

• May 30, 2012

K Kat

Crew Review: Mahlkonig Pro M Espresso

Featuring programmable dosage timing and burrs geared more toward the finer edge o...

• May 29, 2012

K Kat

Crew Review: E.S.E (Easy Serving Espresso) Pod Adapter Extravaganza

As a follow-up to our introduction to Easy Serving Espresso (E.S.E.) pods earlier ...

• May 25, 2012

K Kat

Brewin' with Brandi: Cafe Corretto

While it's generally difficult for us not to co-sign one of Brandi's boozy-n-java ...

• May 24, 2012

K Kat

Crew Review: Turkish Coffee Equipment

Rade takes it to the streets and shows Gail how it's done! Finally. In this video,...

• May 18, 2012

K Kat

Brewin' with Brandi: Smashing Sunset

If we leave Brandi to her own devices, she just causes trouble for everyone. And, ...

• May 17, 2012

K Kat

Crew Review: Rocket Espresso R58 Dual Boiler

Our long love affair with Rocket Espresso has been taken to a higher level with th...

• May 16, 2012

K Kat

Brewin' with Brandi: Mocha Smoothie

If you take dark chocolate, coffee ice cubes and milk, throw it into a Vita-Mix an...

• May 10, 2012

K Kat

Brewin' with Brandi: Toasted Marshmallow Latte

We are hearty here in the Pacific Northwest, and if you're not okay with camping i...

• May 3, 2012

K Kat

Crew Review: Rancilio Bottomless Portafilter

While we have carried a bottomless portafilter for E61 brew heads that also did wo...

• Apr 27, 2012