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How to Fully Enjoy Your Morning Cup of Coffee

Cool Cook — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:54:02 +0000

The best way of grinding coffee beans at home to suit your brewing method. Which machine to choose and how to make the best possible coffee by grinding little and often.

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How to Fully Enjoy Your Morning Cup of Coffee

One Lump or Two – The Use of Sugar in Brewing

Cool Cook — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:28:03 +0000

Yeast ferments sugar to produce alcohol. That is the basic biochemical process that our ancestors harnessed to produce our favourite alcoholic beverage – beer. The sugar that the yeast requires to produce alcohol in beer is typically derived from a cereal source, usually malted barley, and the brewing process has evolved to facilitate the conversion of cereal starch into sugar. However, in some circles, sugar is given short shrift as it is wrongly perceived as just a cheap form of fermentable material.

Brewing Great Coffee

Cool Cook — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:47:24 +0000

It’s possible to make a huge improvement in the coffee you serve at home if you get a few details right – using whole roasted beans instead of pre-ground coffee, choosing the right beans for the type of brewing you use to make your coffee, and storing and preparing the beans before brewing. Coffee enthusiasts who go to the trouble of selecting their beans, storing them carefully and grinding at home will want the best chance of getting the widest range of flavours and aromas from their coffee, and so will take their brewing seriously. This article looks at the brewing process.

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What You Need to Make Coffee at Home

Cool Cook — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:19:48 +0000

The typical coffee drinker out there may not even be aware of what accessories available to make the brewing process a simpler and enjoyable task. The fact is that a lot of people never actually make the coffee themselves. In lieu of brewing a pot of coffee at home they elect to hit the drive through window or the local gas station on the way to work.

Coffee Brewing Guidelines – 7 Best Practices

Cool Cook — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:16:41 +0000

In selecting coffee beans you will need at least some knowledge about the various regions, the differences characteristic of those products, and be sure your supplier is as knowledgeable and professional – and is able to offer superior information and products. In addition to your choice of beans, your brewing method, grind, water, filter, freshness, cleanliness, storage and overall preparation and care will all contribute to your results.

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Breakfast Beer From Moa Gets Health Experts in a Huff

Cool Cook — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:31:36 +0000

Most people tend to look askance at cracking open an ice cold beer first thing in the morning. However, Moa Brewing in New Zealand is looking to change all that with the debut of their “breakfast beer,” Moa Breakfast. The brew is a cherry flavored wheat beer specifically designed to take the place of champagne in a champagne breakfast (or a champagne brunch).

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What Are Noble Hops?

Cool Cook — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:31:35 +0000

We’re all familiar with the fact that hops are found in our beer. Many of us even prefer “highly hopped” brews. If you have paid attention at all to the beverages you’re consuming, then you know that hops are an integral part of the brewing process and have probably at least heard of noble hops.

All About Wheat Beer

Cool Cook — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:19:52 +0000

When you consider beer, you’re more talking about a beverage made from grains – both barley and wheat play an important role in the brewing process. However, there are some types of beer that rely heavily on the use of wheat. These wheat beers offer specific characteristics and flavors, as well.

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All About Wheat Beer

Hats Off to Magic Hat

Cool Cook — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:41:33 +0000

Last week we hosted a tasting showcasing the wonderful beers of Magic Hat Brewing Company. Magic Hat representative, Jessie Morris enthusiastically discussed the seasonal releases and brewing techniques of the off-the-wall company located in Burlington, Vermont.

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Hats Off to Magic Hat

The (Slightly Frightening) Approval Process for Beer Labels

Cool Cook — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:21:29 +0000

You have probably heard about the controversy involving Port Brewing Company’s beer label for their Witch’s Wit ale. It’s made national headlines, and caused the company no end of grief. How did the label get approved in the first place if it’s so offensive?

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The (Slightly Frightening) Approval Process for Beer Labels