For most espresso fiends mypressi will be their on the road espresso fix. While the mypressi comes very well equipped right down to a carry bag I suggest a couple of extra's. Get a plastic tray to place the unit into after you do a pull of a shot.

Bring rags to cleanup, and wrap your favourite espresso cup up in them. Make sure its a sturdy cup. Have a sink handy to wash all the parts up in. All this sounds like a no-brainer but you know how messy coffee prep can be and these little extras can really help.

btw just had an awesome shot. Genius

I am busy in the backroom setting up the tea pages. We will have about a dozen offerings at first and go from there. I look forward to the world of tea expanding Evergreen's online presence. I also like the ease of shipping tea, coffee is a pain that way. We will carrying black, green, blended, rooibos and others at better prices then what I have seen in Canada so far.

As a coffee roaster who enjoys his tea I seeked out a true tea expert and found Dethlesen & Balk approach to this complex business fun and refreshing like their products. These people have been in business since 1836, I look forward to a long relationship.

Update on Monday, May 10, 2010 at 9:06PM by Peter Sykes

Updateto  the tea pricing. Completely revised. Curse of excel and my lack of sleep. Pricing even better then before as result.!!! Enjoy

Recently I have had a flurry of orders for Aeropress filters. Like the Aeropress itself these are small but awkward to pack. Customers complain about paying 10 bucks to ship a couple of packages of filters. The shipping business is a profitable one from what I can see, but for those small orders its a rip off for the customer and the seller. Anyone have ideas?

It is with some disappointment that I sent Transfair an email to end my licensee as of 2010. While I support the movement most of my clients were indifferent. Perhaps I got into this too soon, whatever the case I must question the whole movement not the underlying raison d'etre of fair trade but the number of staff required to support it, do we really need all these expensive canadian salaries on the transfair payroll to support developing countries who represent most of the fair trade commodities. I would prefer if we employed students in Canada to do transfairs work not full time staff in Ottawa, my 2 cents. I would welcome your view.

Before I get loads of emails from irate cafe owners, lets me explain my ratings scoring. I am keeping it simple. I will rate cafes from 1 to 3 stars. 1 Is the standard score for any reputable speciality coffee chain (you know who these are!!). 3 stars means that this cafe approaches coffee uptopia in that it is a 3rd wave cafe and it is serving all styles of coffee preparation not just espresso. 2 to 3 stars are absolute must visit especially if they are the only game in town. Have one and make sure you let me know if you agree or disagree.