Coffee Nerds

A bittersweet episode arrives this week. This is the last one Chad and I filmed in the same state! In the future, our episodes will be a little different. Same (hopefully!) great content, just a slight change to the format to adjust for my having moved across country. At least, until we can convince Chad to move to Ohio! Episode 14... LEMON COFFEE. Yep we squeezed lemon juice right into the coffee. It's a pretty straightforward recipe based on mazagran. It often calls for sugar, but we skipped it. Chad tried it later with sugar and said it wasn't an improvement. Honestly, I have never regretted skipping sugar in a recipe, and when I use it, I usually wish I had used less or skipped it. Sugar really just does not add much to coffee in my opinion. Once you get used to black coffee, there's really not much reason to look back! The steps for this one are pretty simple: Brew up some coffee (9 tablespoons or so for 2 cups. It needs to be STRONG) Ice it! This is why w...

This episode was all about them spices. In Episode 13 we tried out Cardamom Coffee, a traditional Israeli treat made with cardamom pods and cinnamon. I also added a sprig of ginger, which is optional. We ground it all right in with the coffee beans. Normally it's made over a stovetop, but we prefer to make our coffees with more conventional methods when possible, be it a coffee maker or a pour over dripper. Easier to try yourself that way. And less to clean up... As a bonus we tried some cardamom pods staight. It was delicious don't try this at home, kids. Recipe: This is flexible. Feel free to experiment and get the coffee how you like it. For starters try: 4-5 cardamom pods 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (or grind up maybe a quarter of a stick) 1 sprig of ginger (they come in little gremlin man shapes. I snapped off a nubbin and ground it in) 8 tablespoons of coffee That's about what we tried. I take a loose-y goose-y approach to recipes, so sometimes it...