Hot Coffee Cool Links

A couple hot items from the Single-Serve Coffee blog...

First, the new JavaWand! It's promoted as an alternative to a French Press, and allows you to make fresh brewed coffee without lugging around a coffee-maker.

Seems to have some potential, and at $20 I can't be expected to pass it up. I'm ordering one today and I'll report back on its effectiveness.

Second, a recent episode of On Point with Tom Ashbrook (which airs on Boston's NPR station WBUR) featured the buzz on our favorite caffeinated beverage. They did an on-air coffee tasting, and had interviews with several notables including George Howell, founder of The Coffee Connection, which he sold to Starbucks in 1994.

You can listen to the archived podcast here.