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Oct 03
A Coffee Brewer-Turned-Coffee Pot Is a Tasty, Lovely Way to Caffeinate [Daily Desired]
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The Kone Brewing System is as good excuse as any to ditch your crappy drip coffee maker—it’s quite fetching, and it should give you a cup with a richer, fuller taste. More »
Oct 03
This Espresso Maker Is the Most Beautiful Thing You’ll Ever Wake Up To [Past Perfect]
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You’ve been spoiled by the five-buck cup of exotic single-origin pour-over coffee. It’s time to upgrade your home equipment. At this rate, your caffeine addiction is cutting into your cocktail budget. More »
Oct 02
Lower Manhattan, Pearl Street, the Financial District. A Starbucks with broad windows, great for people watching. Sipping my $5 flavored coffee, I watched a homeless man sit on the sidewalk. I liked him immediately: his sharp gaze and thoughtful expression. When I left, I squatted down next to him and put five bucks in his jar, contributing the cost of my first-world coffee to the man’s case for survival.
We talked. He knew his tech, this man of no possessions, describing his favorite productivity gadgets of the past decade, scorning Apple for form over function. He had been living on the street day and night for two years. My five dollars was “huge,” he said. I knew that was true only microcosmically. He liked cigars. That’s where the cash would go.
Meanwhile, Starbucks had recently cut a deal with Square, one of the hottest startup stories of the season, so that people with five dollars to spend on coffee needn’t pull out a wallet and ponder their privilege.
Continue reading Editorial: Square gets the attention, but credit cards rule
Filed under: Tablets, Wireless, Software
Editorial: Square gets the attention, but credit cards rule originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sep 28
Cold brew coffee has recently gained a massive following for its incredible smoothness and delicious flavor. Irish coffee, being caffeinated and alcoholic, has been popular for even longer. Too bad Irish coffee usually tastes like an 80-proof mug of acid. More »
Sep 09
Take Coffee Making Into Your Own Hands With These Sleek Unplugged Coffee Makers [Kitchen]
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If you’re into the whole pour-over coffee thing, and are looking for a brewer that fits into your kitchen by looking suspiciously like a standard drip-brewer, the Unplugged Coffee Maker is right up your alley. More »
Sep 05
Nokia brings wireless charging to Virgin Atlantic lounges, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
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Nokia thinks you’ll like the wireless phone charging on your Lumia 920 or 820 enough to want to take it on the road, and to that end it’s striking a deal to bring the cable-free experience beyond the home. Both Virgin Atlantic’s lounge at Heathrow Airport and countertops at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in the US will let you top up your Windows Phone without having to hunt for a power outlet. We’re still waiting on details like the timing, but we’re glad to know that we won’t have to lug around our FatBoy Recharge Pillows just to keep living in Nokia’s vision of the future.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Nokia brings wireless charging to Virgin Atlantic lounges, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 29
Sometimes you wake up and you hate everything. Even the coffee maker. In those low times, you might like having the Philips Senseo Twist, an adorable espresso maker that doubles up by brewing two shots at the same time. More »
Aug 28
Starbucks Wants to Turn Its Coffee and Old Baked Goods Into Laundry Detergent [Wtf]
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Bean flavored water manufacturer Starbucks is not comfortable with just having more corners than Barksdale & Bell Associates, it wants to take over your house too—just not in the way you think. Instead, Starbucks wants to turn coffee grinds and old baked goods into laundry detergent and plastic More »
Aug 28
If you’d rather enjoy a cup of coffee or a mug of tea as soon as you make it—instead of painstakingly sipping at the scalding beverage until you can tolerate the heat—your plight has officially been resolved. Bonavita’s variable temperature kettles let you specify exactly how hot you want your water. More »
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