There can be no escaping the fact that the best coffee beans in the world can be a costly commodity. But at the same time, you really do get what you pay for. As with most things, you have to experience the best coffee beans on Earth first-hand to truly appreciate them. What’s important to remember with rare and exclusive...

Here’s a question – does the quality of a coffee bean influence its caffeine content? With gourmet coffee like Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans, are you naturally looking at a higher or lower caffeine content, simply due to the quality of the beans? There are several factors that can affect the caffeine content in coffee, including the...

One of the biggest benefits of owning a Keurig K Cup coffee maker is the way in which it practically takes care of itself.  All you have to do is pop a K Cup pod into the holder and hit the button – the rest is all down to the machine. Unfortunately, this kind of high-level...

The only thing better than recycling your old Keurig coffee maker’s K Cups is putting them to some kind of practical use yourself.  Recycling household waste is fantastic, but is nonetheless an energy-hungry and resource-intensive process in its own right. Hence, anything you can... 

Black Friday deals on gourmet coffee are always irresistible. The same can also be said for Cyber Monday deals, when some of the best coffees money can buy are temporarily slashed in price. From Panama Geisha coffee beans to Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee to Hawaiian Kona coffee, there’s no better time to pick up a bargain...

Traditionally, using any kind of single serve coffee maker at home has been something of a taboo subject. What with the difficulties involved in recycling when using K Cup pods, it was far from the most eco-friendly approach to brewing coffee. Today, it’s an entirely different story. With a near-endless range of 100% recyclable pods to... 

The stigma surrounding gift cards and virtual gift cards is longstanding, to say the least. Not to mention, completely and utterly misplaced. To assume that virtual gift cards convey a lack of thought and sentiment is to miss the mark entirely. After all, which is best – a virtual gift card that allows the recipient to pick up...

For decades, debate has raged as to if (and by how much) it costs more to run a Keurig K Cup coffee maker than a ‘traditional’ coffee machine. The general assumption is that to brew using single pods will always cost more on a cup-by-cup basis than brewing with an electric drip machine, for example. But as is often the case...