Coffee Makers

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Coffee Makers: A Brief History Of Their Necessary Evil

4:51AM November 11, 2011 | Rachel Swaby

Some people (ahem, Matt Buchanan) claim that the coffee maker is the worst of all possible brewing methods. Maybe so — but it’s still a machine that bazillions of people use daily. More »


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Lifechanger: Astronaut Leroy Chiao’s Coffee Maker

5:20AM June 22, 2010 | Leroy Chiao

What was my Lifechanger? Hmmmm…iPhone? iPad? Macbook Pro? Let’s dig back a little deeper…Aeroplane? The1MB original-style Mac (with external 20 MB hard disk), on which I wrote my Ph.D. thesis? Radio Shack TRS-80? Nope, it was a coffee maker! More »


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Caffeine Dreams: Tasting The Perfect Coffee

11:00PM August 30, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

I love coffee. Probably more than you do. But I’m not as obsessed as the people who devote their lives to coffee, forever searching for the perfect cup through practices that mingle science and voodoo. I want to be. More »