Ryan Jacobs

Ever since I got the Rancilio Silvia espresso machine, I haven’t really been happy with what I once considered a good grinder, the Starbucks Barista burr grinder. But it just didn’t grind fine enough for the Silvia. Until now. I learned how to make a relatively simple adjustment that seems to work brilliantly. I will [...]

I began some experiments with cooking with coffee tonight. The first was a rub using chipotle peppers, coffee and a few other ingredients. We used it on a nice cut of salmon. The results were really good, though I think next time I’ll tone down the ratio of peppers to coffee. There was just a [...]