Whether you've got a fancy new espresso machine at home or you just want to get a better idea of how drinks are prepared at your local coffee shop, this handy chart can help. Designer Lokesh Dhakar... Read More..

It's not a myth that Europeans sip espresso from a tiny white cup as a daily ritual. "A gentleman last night went through about three of them," Rich Holck, owner and manager of Artisans Gallery and Cafée, said referring to a double shot of espresso. "He's from Europe and that's what they drink. They don't really do drip coffee like they do it here." Read More..

It's all getting a bit over-espresso at The Spectator's Coffee House. Fraser Nelson, the magazine's political editor, and James Forsyth, its top blogger, seem to have taken on themselves to run the "lie" word against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet adjutant, Ed Balls. Read More..

Israeli students redesign the familiar espresso cup, to beautiful effect. Recently, students at Israel's Shenkar Academy of Engineering and Design were tasked by their teachers, Alex Padwa and David Spectre, to redesign the coffee ritual. Of, course, the ritual itself is extremely simple, but the designs that the students came up with accentuate the coffee, or reconsider the interactions you ... Read More..

After a 25-year battle to make inroads in the biggest fast-food market in the world, Tim Hortons Inc. is set to open up a new U. S. front in August when it takes its double-doubles into the heart of New York City's coffee wars. Read More..