Fellow Shimmy - The Savior to your Sad Grinder
There are so many variables that contribute to how your coffee tastes when you’re brewing it by hand, but one of, if not the most influential variable is your grind size. And not just your grind size, but your grind particle distribution - how even your coffee is ground. Shimmy helps improve the grind particle distribution of any grinder!
My Favourite Glass Server
I brew into a server for the same reasons you decant a nice red wine. Giving your coffee a swirl and a sniff before you pour it into your drinking mug serves it well by introducing some oxygen into it aerating the beverage. The sniff helps to calibrate my senses before I even take a sip, setting my expectations for what I'm about to taste. It also helps to cool your drink down a few degrees so you can enjoy it sooner - who wouldn't want that?
Beautiful Bag Design
Whether we like to admit it, a lot of us judge books by their covers. I’m unashamedly a sucker for aesthetics so I know I’m doing it all the time. Everything from book covers to package design, from print elements to web assets - I have an eye for it all. Design isn’t divorced from coffee either, and you’ve likely seen some bags that seem to stand out amongst the rest.
Best Gooseneck Kettle for Coffee (2020 updated!)
An upgraded kettle was one of the first pieces of specialty coffee brewing equipment I ever purchased, but for most people it’s not a priority. After all, don’t all kettles functionally do the same thing? Sure they all heat water to boiling, but what happens after your water is heated is what really matters…
Fellow Carter - The True Everywhere Mug
The Carter Everywhere Mug is the latest edition to Fellow’s impressive line of coffee products and upon first glance you can see that it fits right in. Stunning design paired with progressive technology to solve common coffee problems is just about everything I look for in my brewing equipment and it seems to be Fellow’s M.O. as well.
Amazon.ca Prime Day Deals
Canadians often get the short end of the proverbial (hockey) stick, but not this Prime Day! Amazon.ca is hooking up Canadian coffee drinkers with some great deals, and here are some of my favourites…
Coffee Travel Kit ESSENTIALS
I’m on the go what feels like all the time, but there’s no reason to break routine and settle for less than great coffee. From the black sand beaches of Iceland to the dry lake beds of the desert in California, this travel kit ensures that I’m ready to brew anywhere, anytime. Here are my travel coffee essentials that you may already have in your kitchen, and how I use them on the road!
My Top 5 Coffee Related Instagram Accounts 2019
One of the world’s most beloved apps isn’t a vice for me, it’s a vocation. I’m not spending my time watching memes or cat videos, instead I’m connecting with other creatives and professionals to craft educational content for the specialty coffee world. Instagram has actually done more to add to my life and my work than it has to take away from it, and I think that’s due to the people I choose to follow.