Drinks
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DrinksCamp Caffeine: Lessons in Outdoor Brewing
Something about sitting atop an unexplored peak to watch the sunrise while enjoying your favorite coffee just feels right. Maybe it’s the sub-freezing temperatures and obligatory wind chill, or it’s the all night trek catching up with you.
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DrinksRemembrance of Beans Past
I was in the back room bagging up some breakfast blend when I heard shouting from the café. At that same moment, I smelled smoke and knew that my batch of Sumatran had caught on fire.
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DrinksEspresso, Intelligentsia
If you need proof of coffee practiced as an obsession, art form and science, this quick video — a “how-to” on making a cup of espresso — is exhibit A. Intellegentsia Coffee in Venice, California can come off as a little pretentious at first; but what you’re really seeing is an unabashed expertise in truly great coffee.
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DrinksHigh and Dry: 5 Best Instant Coffees
Instant coffee belongs to the category of cultural food relics, the type of product introduced at a World’s Fair, perfected with the help of military research, and eventually relegated to the pantries of grandmothers everywhere. It’s a food item for people at the fringes: too old, too tired, too time-strapped, cookies for breakfast, sweatpants all day.
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DrinksStumptown Panama Duncan Estate Mesh 15 Coffee
When you’re drinking coffee named after a mesh wire size, you’ve reached that level of serious entanglement that some might call obsession.
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DrinksCoffee Beans: Know Your Regions
Where did that coffee in your hand come from? We profile the major coffee growing regions of the world, helping you make an informed decision when it comes to Brazilian versus Indonesian, Colombian versus Monsoon beans from India.
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DrinksIntroducing: Fortnight of Coffee
It’s time to roll out the Fortnight of Coffee, two weeks of stories about our favorite morning drink. In our third issue (previously, Month of Beef and Bond Week) you can expect gear roundups, original storytelling, photo essays, videos and a few surprises.
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DrinksSpiegelau IPA Glass
Quick, who do you want to make you the perfect IPA glass? An excellent German glass maker (Spiegelau), a West Coast brewery that was one of the earliest and most influential in craft beer making (Sierra Nevada) and an East Coast maker whose 60 Minute IPA is considered one of the most solid (Dogfish Head)?
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DrinksThe Balvenie 50 Year Old
In celebration of the 50-year career of malt master David Stewart, who is the longest tenured master in all of Scotland, The Balvenie Distillery has released an extremely limited run of their half-century old single malt, aptly named The Balvenie 50 Year Old.
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DrinksSombra Mezcal
It’s been a while since we rode the mezcal train, so let’s begin with a brief primer. Actually, let’s begin with a shot.
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DrinksPurity Vodka
Vodka: The purest spirit. Oddly enough, it causes some of the most unpure activity we know about.
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