How to Save Money on Coffee

Addicted to coffee but finding the cost is getting in the way? Then cut the cost to a fraction by becoming a home-based roaster and barista. I buy organic green coffee beans and roast them at home, and of course, make my own espresso and coffee drinks. I have posted all you need to do the same at Espresso Coffee Snobs. And I have estimated that including the cost of all your equipment and the beans, over two years you will average about 25 cents per cup! How's that for saving!

Go here for my series of posts on roasting your own green coffee beans at home.

New Zealanders are to espresso what Russians are to chess

This New York Times article about the growth of quality espresso coffee shops in London mentions a cafe called "Flat White" which told me instantly that Kiwis (or perhaps Aussies) were on the ground raising the standard of espresso coffee in London. (You learned all about the "flat white" here at EspressoCoffeeSnobs.com). I love this quote from the article:

...the “flat white” is also a symbol of serious coffee: it’s basically a cappuccino-size latte — flat and white — a style imported from Australia (some say New Zealand) [we know it was NZ -ed] when a wave of baristas emigrated from those countries. (Australians and New Zealanders are to espresso what Russians are to chess: they’re just better at it.)

Anyhow, the above description of a flat white from the article is somewhat lacking. Here's where you can learn all about the flat white espresso drink.