Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Better French Press Coffee

The December INeedCoffee features a new article by me called Troubleshooting French Press Coffee. It is the sequel to my 2002 article Press Pot Tutorial.
The full INeedCoffee December 2007 newsletter follows.
** Vacuum Pot Brewing
by Ryan Jacobs
http://ineedcoffee.com/07/vacuum-pot-brewing/
Vacuum brewers come in many shapes and sizes, yet they are more alike than they are different. They have [...]

Monday, October 1st, 2007

INeedCoffee Do Overs

ArtLung posted code he wrote back in 2002 that he would never write today. The great thing about the web is it is a living document. Change the pixels and the old problem goes away. Mess up a haircut and it may take weeks (or months) to recover. Mess up a bridge and you’ll be [...]

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Google Giveth, Google Taketh Away

Just a few days ago I was doing cartwheels over how much traffic had increased to my web sites as a result of adding sitemaps.
From The Importance of Search Engine Sitemaps:
Google referrals - DeepFitness
6/14/07: 71
6/21/07: 152
6/28/07: 755
Google referrals - INeedCoffee
6/14/07: 1,658
6/21/07: 1,509
6/28/07: 3,056
Google referrals - Digital Colony
6/14/07: 172
6/21/07: 168
6/28/07: 296
Looks like the page referrals were [...]

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

The God Shot

This month INeedCoffee received a cool article from a new contributor about the bottomless portafilter (aka Naked Portafilter) used in making espresso. The photo below, which is title God Shot, shows you what it looks like.
The simple definition of God Shot is a perfect espresso. If you require a more lengthy definition read Defining [...]

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Starting Another Blog?

I can’t believe I’m actually considering starting a third blog. I’ve already got this blog here on CriticalMAS and my technical blog over on Digital Colony. Not to mention the monthly e-zine INeedCoffee. Did I forget DeepFitness?
I’ve decided to put RanchoSanPasqual.org up for sale. That site helped me sell my house. [...]

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

INeedCoffee Riding High Again

My coffee site INeedCoffee was started in April 1999. For the first few years it was a fun hobby. Then it gradually became more and more of a chore. I was burnt out. Every month I was sick and tired of putting out a new issue. As hard as starting a web site may seem, [...]

Friday, June 1st, 2007

June 2007 INeedCoffee

INeedCoffee had 10 contributions this month, so the move to go commercial and do revenue sharing with the writers is already working.
Farm Chores - Things to do on a Kona Farm by Gary Strawn
Caffeine Sensitivity in Coffee by Len Brault
Coffee - A Day in the Life by Tom Coffee
Alternate Uses for Your Keurig Coffee [...]