Beans, beans the magical fruit. Image from flickr user nate steiner When it comes to most things, the final product will be crappy if the initial ingredients are crappy, jungle juice being the exception. Because coffee is by now a twice-daily part of your life, shouldn't you treat it with some res
Don’t you dare put that pitcher of coffee in the fridge! My summer gets a little more winter-y every time someone does that — not the nice kind of winter — the sludgy, crappy part where all the snow is melting and ruining my life. “Fresh brewed coffee” is a cliche because coffee is so ...
Today, we're addressing "fair trade" coffee. Believe it or not, there's a workaround in how you buy your coffee that keeps it truly "fair." The common misconception is that "fair trade certified" coffee is the best bean to go with from a social perspective. People trash Starbucks for poor Fair Trad
Next week, we’ll tell you how to track down the best roasted beans in your area. But if your college is out in the boonies, like many are, there’s probably no locally-roasted coffee at all. In that case, you might want to treat yourself to some dorm-roasted coffee. It’s actually not that complicated. All you ...
Image from flickr user MiikaS My sophomore year, I woke up Christmas morning to an espresso machine. Hooray! I thought, my life would be filled with delicious lattes every morning with leaf patterns or heart patterns or whatever pattern I wanted to make with the milk. I plugged immediately plugged it in and made my first ...
Why does Starbucks coffee taste different when we make it ourselves than it does in the store? It’s still the same over-roasted stale beans, but some how it tastes even worse at home. It’s because Starbucks coffee shops have some of the most kickass brewing equipment around. (There are other factors we’ve already covered, too.) ...
WAKE UP!It may be coffee week here at HackCollege (and don’t get me wrong – I heart coffee. I’m drinking it as I write this post), but coffee can become more of a crutch than an aid for a college student. When you wake up, many people’s first inclination is to get a cup of ...
Photo from flickr user Ben Cumming. This post is part of the on-going Coffee Week series. Before we get into the nitty-grindy of making lattes and selecting the right beans, it helps to know the elements of a perfect cup of coffee. Given the simplicity of coffee, one might think it would be di
Ahh, coffee. An essential ingredient of productivity, especially for students. The mixture of it’s chocolaty smell, it’s caffeine-bestowing abilities and its social aspects give many students a reason to wake up in the morning. Nothing can beat a great cup of coffee. Since we here at HackCollege are caffeine addicts, we’ve decided to put together ...
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