How Do You Make Coffee In A 40 Cup Urn?

The ratio is simple: one third of a cup of ground coffee to get five cups of coffee For brewing the usual minimum (25 cups, in a small coffee urn), try 2 cups of ground coffee. In case there’s a filter basket cover, put it back in, too; it makes sure that the water is … Read more

Is French Press Coffee Actually French?

The first coffee press, which may have been made in France , was the modern coffee press in its rudimentary form—a metal or cheesecloth screen fitted to a rod that users would press into a pot of hot water and coffee grounds. Two french inventors (Mayer and Delforge) patented in 1852 a forerunner of the … Read more

What Happened To Seattle’s Best Coffee?

Bought by Starbucks in 2003, Seattle’s best coffee took a big hit when Borders Bookstores went out of business. It lost nearly 475 stores after the liquidation , and about 100 now remain in North America. But now, it’s aggressively trying new ways to grow, reports Lisa Jennings at Nation’s Restaurant News. Did Starbucks buy … Read more