Coffee Knowledge

This section is full of information to help you understand more about coffee. It contains tips on how to get the most out of your espresso machines and coffee makers. So with a bit of practice you'll soon be making better tasting coffee than your local cafe.

If you have a question about coffee, why not ask Coffee Knowledge:

General

From Harvest To Cup: A guide to the various stages coffee goes through before it can be drunk.
Coffee Calculator: Work out exactly how much ground coffee to use.
Coffee Freshness: How long coffee stays fresh for and how to keep your coffee fresher for longer.
Caffeine in Coffee: Discusses the amount of caffeine in coffee and how it varies from bean to bean.
Fairly Traded Coffee: Why speciality coffee by its nature is fairly traded.
Instant Coffee: Why we should switch from instant to freshly brewed coffee.
What is an ESE Coffee Pod?

History

History of Coffee:

Cafetieres

Coffee Grinders

Guide To Coffee Grinders: The importance of having a coffee grinder at home and why burr coffee grinders are best.

Espresso Machines

Stove-top Espresso Makers

Other Resources

Galla Coffee Blog - for brewing tips, news and reviews of new products
Coffee Geek - for news, customer reviews and coffee forums
Home Barista - a site dedicated to the home espresso enthusiast.