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Coffee Links

The problem with a link list is that 20 minutes after you make it, something changes.
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Coffee Websites    Coffee Blogs    Roaster Mods   Coffee Forums    Misc.

coffee websites

Coffee Crew: A site developed in Victoria, BC by a group of folks who love coffee. Great information about the seldom found, but much loved, Atomic Coffee Maker.

Coffee Cuppers: From the site: "This web site caters to home roasters and other customers of green coffee suppliers. Here, you can read reviews of the coffees we cup, but only those that we enjoy. The reviews are honest and independent, and as objective
as we can make them."

Coffee Geek: Mark Prince's excellent collection of equipment reviews, forums, and podcasts. The site has an active community associated with it. Be patient, the site sometimes loads very slowly.

CoffeeResearch.org :The intention is to improve coffee quality through education and research.

Coffee Review: Author Ken Davids web presence containing cupping reviews and his perspective on coffee roasting and imbibing.

Espresso My Espresso: Randy Glass's journey into and through the world of coffee. A must read.

Espresso Vivace Article Archives: David Schomer's interesting collection of articles on espresso and operating a coffee/espresso shop.

Home-Barista: A comprehensive guide to all things espresso. If you are just beginning your journey to "the dark side" you should start here.

Homeroaster Association - Roast Fresh : A non-commercial site for people interested in home roasting with a forum and some interesting examples of roaster modifications.

St. City Roasters - Home Page : There aren't many good small roasters in Alberta, but these folks in St. Alberts know what they are doing.

Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA): A trade association with some good information and a nascent consumer arm.

Sweet Maria's: Absolutely the best resource for the homeroaster, with a wide and ever changing selection of green beans and must-have information about coffee making in general, the beans they sell, and equipment. Make sure you check out their tip sheets.

Terry Stockdale's Coffee: Roasting, Grinding, Brewing and Espresso Machines: This is a terrific personal site with great information for folks getting into coffee in a big way.

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coffee blogs

Probably the most changeable part of this page. Although I haven't written descriptions for all of them, I have marked (*) my favourite ones. Note that many of these weblogs are about waaay more than coffee.

9 Bars...espresso and coffee culture in Phoenix AZ

A Sweet Maria's Weblog: * Tom's weblog detaining new coffee arrivals and discussing some of he things that come up on the homeroasters mailing list.

A Thought Over Coffee

Bloggle: Doug Cadmus

Boquete Guide *: A lovely weblog by an American ex-pat family and their journey to become coffee growers.

Brotherhood of the Bean

Coffee Group Blog Zimbio

Coffee and Conservation

Coffee Aspirations ... Progressing The Third Wave

Coffee Politics: As the title implies, information about the politics of coffee, from a decidedly leftish perspective. 

The Dirty Portafilter  

CoffeeCrew Blog: Not always about coffee, but still good shtuff if you have any interest in the Victoria coffee scene.

Coffee Nectar

Espresso Passione 

Grendel's Green Coffee Blog : An Ozzie weblog by the fellow who decided that a friend of his invented bread machine roasting.

Jay's Strange Blog 

JavaJeb

Just Coffee Blogs 

My Home Coffee Roast Blog 

No Norwegian for Me, Thanks: A nice blog from a fellow traveler in Norway.

Pour Quality 

Smelling the Coffee 

South Coast Coffee Roaster: * Eddie Dove is serious about coffee and is doing a great job developing roasting profiles.

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roaster mods 

 Peter Zulkowski's  Bread Machine Mod

The Shepard's Bread Machine/Turbo Oven Roaster

The Sweet Maria's Hot Rod Roaster Page

Ed Needham's Home Made Roaster Page

Homeroasters.org's Roaster Gallery

Homeroasters.org's Forum Section "Making a Roaster"

Stu Lieberman's CoffeeGeek Post About His Unassisted Bread Machine Roasting

Engadget's How-To Make A Popcorn Popper Coffee Roaster

Belinda's (Corretto) Bread Machine Roaster

Make's Homemade and Seriously Modified Coffee Roasters

The Ugly Roast

Jeff Mielke's Popper Mods

Chris Hegg's Popper Mods

Tom Gramilla's Computer Controlled WBP 1

Edward Spiegel's Poppery Mod Pages

Too Much Coffee Turbo Crazy Lazy Roaster Mod

Eivind Mork's Poppery Page

Will O'Brien's Turbo Crazy Roaster Page

It Probably Doesn't Count as Home Made Any More: The RK Drum 

Gary Townsend's Roasting Coffee at Home

Tim Eggers' How to Pan Roast Coffee

Tim's Soup Can Sample Roaster

The Tornado Roaster: BM/TO Bread Machine/Turbo Oven

An Amazing CG Thread About the Development of a New TO Roaster 

Aaron's Redneck Roaster

Dave's UFO /Turbo Oven Coffee Roaster Project

The Alumi-Drum

iRoast Temperature Probe Mod

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forums

CoffeeSnobs: An Australian forum.

Coffee Crew: A smallish, not very busy, forum with no commercial tie-ins at all and a definite moderator presence.

Coffee Geek: The busy forum almost everyone discovers first when they begin to get serious about coffee. Great information.

HomeRoasters: Friendly group of homeroasters, but not a particularly busy place..

Home-Barista: Busy, big, comprehensive forum focusing on espresso.

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misc.

alt.coffee: The useful, and often contentious Usenet group.                   

Jim Schulman's Insanely Long Water FAQ: Because it's mostly water, right?

Sweet Maria's Coffee Roasting Mailing List

The Coffee FAQ: Unofficial "work in progress" alt.coffee FAQ

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