Those who appreciate siphon coffee, the pour-over or, basically those who know / care enough about coffee flavour profiles and quality enough to match their brew method to the bean and roast style they are drinking, may be experiencing what could be called Retrospective Espresso Discrimination, ie. RED.

RED is a hyper-discriminatory response to coffee brewed by an espresso machine after tasting, for example, a smooth, low-acidity cold-drip. It can also be brought on after a single…

If this is you (or yours):

And you understand the retro-genius capabilities of the SodaStream as well as this guy:…

Coffee is a substance and substrate like any other - so it is fair game for any multimedia artist. This record breaking mosaic (pictured) by Albanian artist Saimir Strati is awarded for its status as the world's largest coffee bean mosaic, using unroasted (green) beans as well as a spectrum of different roast profiles.

However, the interest is…

When life gives you lemons,  make lemonade. So goes the homespun wisdom that adversity ought to be met with creativity rather than a surly I-give-up complete with hands thrown in the air and door slamming. However, sometimes there are reasons to throw one's hands up.

The coffee industry, it turns out, does lemonade-making best - albeit with espresso (or, if it's your pleasure, insert 'syphon,' 'cold drip' or 'Chemex' here). Indeed, as one of the so-called…