KLLR Coffee Blog

Espresso @ Home Pt. I - The Gear

by Tim Cox

Espresso @ Home Pt. I - The Gear

In this edition of Espresso @ Home, we give a brief over-view of the gear you'll need to make great espresso at home and cover the basic functionality of home espresso equipment. 

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KLLR Creatives Debut PODCAST w/ Guest Paul Golangco

by Tim Cox

KLLR Creatives Debut PODCAST w/ Guest Paul Golangco

In thee first episode of our new podcast, KLLR Creatives, we sit down with Dallas/Fort Worth based photographer/videographer Paul Golangco, owner-operator of Paul Go Images. 

Paul believes that every person has a story that has value and worth. It is that intrinsic worth that has driven Paul Golangco to be a visual storyteller as Paul Go Images since 2008. 

Paul Go Images strives to tell stories of beauty, joy, and hope regardless of if it's in the bush of east Africa, the hospital rooms of east Dallas, or in a commercial office building in between.

Enjoy our chat and learn more about Paul and his work at www.paulgoimages.com!

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Coffee Trends Pt. I: The Five Worst Trends in Coffee in the Last Five Years

by Tim Cox

Coffee Trends Pt. I: The Five Worst Trends in Coffee in the Last Five Years

To say that Specialty Coffee is a trend-driven industry is far from a controversial statement. From equipment, to brewing to techniques, to shop build-outs, motifs and ideas have a tendency to spread – and often change – rapidly.

In the first entry of this two-part series we examine what we view as the five worst trends in coffee of the last five years. 

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Apocryphal Origins & Dancing Goats; A KLLR Coffee Guide to Coffee History

by Tim Cox

Apocryphal Origins & Dancing Goats; A KLLR Coffee Guide to Coffee History

As ubiquitous as coffee can seem within the context of life in 2020, most of us probably don’t spend much time considering how it was discovered, not to mention the terrifying prospect that there was a time when life without coffee was a reality.
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Demystifying Dialing-In: The Scientific Method for Coffee

by Tim Cox

Demystifying Dialing-In: The Scientific Method for Coffee

For baristas and operators new to the craft, wrapping one’s head around all of the variables inherent to brewing coffee and espresso can seem a daunting task, but it can easily be put into perspective by analogizing it to a simple concept we all learned about in high-school science: The Scientific Method.
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