Coffee

Coffee meets beer in the ultimate marriage of breakfast beverage and party staple.

Sampling the Japanese tradition of nel drip coffee, which utilizes flannel filters for a dense, velvety cup.

Many variables go into the perfect cup of coffee, from the beans to brew method.

From Seattle to New Orleans to Hanover, these are the best places to get your caffeine fix in America.

This playlist incorporates a strong underlying pulse to complement the buzz from that perfectly pulled doppio.

It’s a fairly simple morning drink: just espresso and milk.

Coffee isn’t just a workplace luxury, it’s a necessity.

With a surplus of hip, new cafés popping up across New Zealand, Kiwis have elevated their coffee game to compete among the best in the world.

Craig Miller is an old-school, espresso-only coffee aficionado.

This summer, the Kaffe Tonic, a mixture of espresso and Fever Tree tonic served over ice at Saint Frank Coffee in San Francisco rightfully caught on.

Today in Gear: A new spin on absinthe from Nashville, Wolverine’s 1,000 mile boots, a convenient iced coffee maker, and more.

Every once in a while, a product so revolutionizes your day that you feel compelled to brag to your friends about it. You fantasize about it throughout the day, and when you go to sleep, you can’t wait to get up, just so you can jump out of bed and use it.

The eighth installment of our Staff Favorites series features Mr. Jonathan Gallegos.

Occam’s razor: A philosophical principle suggesting that simpler explanations tend to be better than complex ones. It has broad application, from medicine to ethics to proofs of the existence of God.

Our friends at La Colombe Torrefaction were kind enough to meet us one morning to make the battery of espresso beverages.

If I were to drink caffeine my torso would explode. My cardiologist, who I can only assume double majored in pre-med and “buzzkill” as an undergrad, told me if I didn’t avoid nicotine use (not an issue), moderate my alcohol intake (I had to look up what that meant) and completely curb caffeine intake, I’d end up re-staging the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique scene in “Kill Bill”, in which I would play both Uma Thurman and David Caradine.

Some like it hot, some like it cold.

Left unattended, the ubiquitous coffee table quickly becomes a gatekeeper of everything from last October’s cable bill (you paid that, didn’t you?) to the feet of undisciplined friends and family. We know you run a tighter ship than most and appreciate how a well-placed read can stimulate conversations faster than a triple shot.

Something about sitting atop an unexplored peak to watch the sunrise while enjoying your favorite coffee just feels right. Maybe it’s the sub-freezing temperatures and obligatory wind chill, or it’s the all night trek catching up with you.

If you need proof of coffee practiced as an obsession, art form and science, this quick video — a “how-to” on making a cup of espresso — is exhibit A. Intellegentsia Coffee in Venice, California can come off as a little pretentious at first; but what you’re really seeing is an unabashed expertise in truly great coffee.