NBA player Jimmy Butler launched his luxury coffee brand, BigFace, in the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo Credit: Getty Images Our notions of celebrity in the U.S. have expanded over the decades. Being a Hollywood icon is no longer the only gateway to stardom, as evidenced by the growing
The Outin Nano portable espresso maker. Photo by Howard Bryman. In the competitive market of portable espresso brewers, the Outin Nano, a lighthouse-shaped device with a built-in pump and onboard heat, aims to be a beacon of both convenience and consistency. Most gadgets designed for brewing espresso on the go are manually
The OXO Rapid Brewer is designed to quickly and easily brew both hot and cold coffee concentrate. Photo by Howard Bryman Whether for cocktails, frappes, baked goods or speedy mornings, coffee-as-ingredient is big business these days. The number of bottled concentrated coffee products is on the rise in stores and online,
The colonial town of Antigua Guatemala, center of the Antigua coffee growing region, with the Arch of Santa Catalina and Agua volcano. There was a lot of soulful, old-fashioned coffee pleasure to be had among the 38 single-origin Guatemala coffees we tested for this month’s report, along with a few subtle