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LavX News<p>Brewing Controversy: The Eccentric Coffee Experiment of Gustav III</p><p>In a bizarre twist of history, Sweden's King Gustav III orchestrated an experiment in the 18th century to prove coffee's negative health effects. This audacious study, involving twin brothers condemne...</p><p><a href="https://news.lavx.hu/article/brewing-controversy-the-eccentric-coffee-experiment-of-gustav-iii" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lavx.hu/article/brewing-c</span><span class="invisible">ontroversy-the-eccentric-coffee-experiment-of-gustav-iii</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoffeeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoffeeHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanExperimentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanExperimentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SwedishRoyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SwedishRoyalty</span></a></p>
CoffeeGeek<p>Some coffee history for you.</p><p>This is the one of the first ever publicly posted photos of a chopped portafilter shot pull, in action. It was posted to CoffeeGeek's forums back in 2005, within 2 days of the "design concept" idea for drilling the bottom of a PF off to expose the filter basket being posted to a now defunct coffee forum. Shot taken at Elysian Coffee, in Vancouver.</p><p>No one had seen this before this photo.</p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/espresso" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>espresso</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/coffeehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffeehistory</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/espresso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>espresso</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/choppedportafilter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>choppedportafilter</span></a></p>
CoffeeGeek<p>Some updated content on CoffeeGeek today! </p><p>A history and coffee backgrounder on Nicaragua, including many of the struggles and triumphs that country's coffee growers have had over the decades. </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/coffeehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffeehistory</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nicaragua</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> </p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/coffee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>coffee</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://coffeegeek.com/blog/farming/the-struggles-and-triumphs-of-coffee-in-nicaragua/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coffeegeek.com/blog/farming/th</span><span class="invisible">e-struggles-and-triumphs-of-coffee-in-nicaragua/</span></a></p>
CoffeeGeek<p>New on CoffeeGeek today, A continuation of our Origin historical series, this time focusing on Yemen If you like your coffee, and like your history, check this one out!</p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/coffeehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coffeehistory</span></a> </p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/coffee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>coffee</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://coffeegeek.com/blog/history/yemen-the-ancient-origins-of-coffee/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coffeegeek.com/blog/history/ye</span><span class="invisible">men-the-ancient-origins-of-coffee/</span></a></p>

Speaking of pourover coffee...

If you like #pourover, and like #history, and especially like #coffeehistory (who doesn't, amirite?) then the article we published this AM, a featured opinion article, is right up your alley.

Pour Over Coffee: Its History and Development. A Feature.

cc @coffee

coffeegeek.com/opinions/histor

CoffeeGeek · Pour Over History and DevelopmentWe take a deep look at the history and development of pour over coffee, from Melitta Benz to the Harios of today.

OK...

BIG trip down memory lane. I remembered writing an article about Bodum 2 decades ago, around the time the eSantos came out. Thanks to Archive dot org, I found it.

Why I Love Bodum, by Mark Prince, 2002.

Enjoy! ( ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶u̶r̶r̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶t̶i̶c̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶u̶b̶l̶i̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶t̶,̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶o̶r̶i̶g̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶d̶a̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶C̶o̶f̶f̶e̶e̶G̶e̶e̶k̶?̶) edit - turns out I did already in 2021... live CG article at bottom, but here's the original on Archive if you are inclined

web.archive.org/web/2004061718

#bodum #siphoncoffee #coffeehistory

coffeegeek.com/opinions/state-

web.archive.orgCoffeeGeek - Why I like Bodum

2002 was a very interesting and innovative year for Bodum. Back then, they were still fully developing interesting products (today, they mainly buy China-made stuff and rebrand it).

In 2002, they introduced:

- Bodum eSantos
- Bodum eSantos Mini
- The Pavina Line of double wall glass cups, incl espresso
- The first double-walled glass press pot
- three "rapid heat" cordless kettles for coffee making, incl a travel size (mostly plastic)

The Pavina cups remain some of the best glass espresso cups you can buy today, and a lot cheaper than the weirdo, oversized stuff from Kruve and others. And at just $16 for a pair, it's a deal:

link ⬇️
amzn.to/43kzBSW

Bodum's not a big company, so this was a really big year for them.

I am inspired though this evening, to start working on a blog series for CoffeeGeek:

Siphon Coffee Makers That Never Were, or Barely Were.

I think, in my collection, I have at least 10 siphon prototypes that never made it to market, and at least that many again that did make it to market from BIG brand names, but for a very short time.

Like the Black and Decker Infuze. Or the KitchenAid Electric Siphon. Or the Bodum eSantos Mini.

I have all of these, and more, new, in box, never used.

Could be a good series...

Here's what the Black and Decker Infuze looked like. Pretty advanced for 20 years ago, but also hella lotta questionable plastics.

I've done a ton of historical research into siphon coffee makers over the past decade, and have documented most of the history of siphons in the USA.

For instance, here's the original patent for the first siphon coffee maker designed and sold in the USA: the original Silex Siphon patent from 1914; this is pre Corning Pyrex, which came a year later.

And now our big news of the day.

NEW CONTENT at CoffeeGeek! Our fully revised and updated (with new photos, including the lovely gold KONE filter) Japanese Iced Coffee How To.

Includes step by step, some #coffeehistory (natch), video of the original method, and a lot more. Enjoy, and share!

#icedcoffee #coldbrew

cc @coffee

coffeegeek.com/guides/howtos/j

CoffeeGeek · Japanese Iced Coffee How ToOutside of iced espresso, the Japanese Iced Coffee brewing method may be the best way to deliver an iced coffee. Here's our expert guide.

We love diving into Coffee History on CoffeeGeek.

Many of you think as James Hoffmann as "Mr. Coffee" these days. But long before Jim was into coffee, or even in a new age band, (solo), the real Mr. Coffee, the fellow who almost singlehandedly collected and preserved coffee history from the 1920s through the 1950s and beyond, was William Urkers.

Find out more about him in this feature article on CoffeeGeek

#coffee #coffeehistory #history @coffee

coffeegeek.com/opinions/not-al

CoffeeGeekNot All About Mr. UkersFor decades the only comprehensive book about coffee was the all-too-correctly named All About Coffee by W.H. Ukers. Let's call him Mr. Ukers.

A bit of #coffeehistory and a correction on an earlier photo I posted.

I posted a photo yesterday saying it was the first ever
#choppedportafilter photo ever published. It was actually the third one ever published.

Here's the first ever - in a thread I started on CoffeeGeek Forums in August, 2004. (thread also includes the second photo ever published of a chopped shot, showing an extraction "error" jet)

I coined the phrase "espronography" to describe it.

web.archive.org/web/2021030102

A longform, excellent and entertaining article by Mike Ferguson on the subject of William Ukers, the 20th century equivalent (and then some) of James Hoffmann, and Uker's seminal contribution, the book "All About Coffee". Worthy read!

#coffee #coffeehistory #history

coffeegeek.com/opinions/not-al

CoffeeGeekNot All About Mr. UkersFor decades the only comprehensive book about coffee was the all-too-correctly named All About Coffee by W.H. Ukers. Let's call him Mr. Ukers.