Back in April, I lamented the lack of coffee makers in the city where I live. It turns out I may or may not have been wrong, depending on a single factor. How's that for being ambiguous? I and the wife looked through the appliance stores in the city, but we didn't look anywhere at [...] Read more »
The Cuisinart DCC-1100 Coffeemaker
The Cuisinart DCC-1100 coffee maker is has a little more red on it than I care for, but red is what the wife likes so I have to consider it. It's an older model than the Cuisinart DCC-1150 Coffee Maker I virtually reviewed almost two years ago, but it holds 12 cups vs. 10 cups. [...] Read more »
5 Characteristics of a Great Café
Everyone has their favourite café, their local hangout where they go for their must-have morning coffee, meet their friends for lunch, or even go to study or work. Read more »
Five Most Commonly Sold Drinks
The most commonly sold drinks vary from hot beverages, to soft drinks (from your Westinghouse fridge), to alcohol and the list even includes water. Bottled water is a popular drink to buy even though you can easy get it from the tap. It is likely the popularity of bottled water has increased due to the [...] Read more »
Red Coffee Makers
I don't know how she did it, but my wife weaseled the facts about red coffee makers at Amazon out of me. It had to be a Jedi mind trick or something. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Actually, I think she cheated and read my article on the Hamilton Beach 43253 Ensemble [...] Read more »
Hamilton Beach 43253 Ensemble 12-Cup Coffeemaker
If I buy this red coffee maker, it will only be because I'm trying to please the wife. You see, she has this thing about the color red. If she had her way, everything we own would be one shade of red or another. We had a 1990 Toyota Corolla once and, as you can [...] Read more »
It's Time to Get a New Iced Tea Maker and other Appliances
I need a new iced tea maker because a few weeks ago, my local electric company did something stupid and overloaded the 110v line coming into my house. The end result is that everything using 110v (that was plugged in at the time) no longer works. I know how to make iced tea the old-fashioned [...] Read more »
Green Coffee For Weight Loss
Maria wakes up, takes a shower and gets dressed. She goes in the kitchen and opens the fridge to grab a bag of beans that look curiously like coffee — just not brown or black. Maria is drinking green coffee, or coffee from unroasted coffee beans. Read more »
Iced Coffee Recipes
A friend of mine sent me these iced coffee recipes. If you like them, you should check out Cathy's website, The Frazzled Homemaker, as well as her Keurig B40 review. I haven't had a chance to try either one yet, but it's definitely going to happen. Here we go: Read more »