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The Best-Looking Coffee Gear to Display on Your Counter
By John A. Paradiso
The Versatile Ingredient Every Host Should Have to Easily Liven Up a Dinner Party
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The Versatile Ingredient Every Host Should Have to Easily Liven Up a Dinner Party

Your next dinner party will be better with a caffeinated kick, and coffee concentrate makes a variety of tasty drinks and desserts easy.

By Nickolaus Hines
KOW Steaks Made Me Ditch Mediocre Supermarket Meat
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KOW Steaks Made Me Ditch Mediocre Supermarket Meat

KOW Steaks might just be the best beef we've every enjoyed.

By John A. Paradiso
The Canned Coffee That Gets Me Through Each Afternoon
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The Canned Coffee That Gets Me Through Each Afternoon

In my house, there are two distinct coffee moments each day: the 7 a.m. brew and the 3 p.m. treat. The former is a slow, deliberate, and tactile experience with tools I love getting my hands on—grinding beans in a Fellow Ode Brew and filling up a Moccamaster. I stand…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Best Oktoberfest Beers From Germany To Drink This Fall

If you don’t know much about Oktoberfest, you might simply think it’s an annual beer-fueled event created to ring in the start of fall with all the bratwurst and Marzen you can drink. Well, if you think that, you’d be half right. It is a beer, sausage, lederhosen, and oom-pah-music-fueled…

By Christopher Osburn
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How To Make Actually Good Homebrew Beer, According to Experts

If you didn’t know it already, there are more than 9,000 breweries currently operating in the United States alone. That’s an awful lot of brewers crafting IPAs, lagers, pale ales, stouts, and other beer styles. They got to their positions in a variety of ways. Some went to one of…

By Christopher Osburn
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8 of the Oldest Craft Breweries in the U.S. That Are Just as Good as Ever

In the ever-evolving world of craft beer, where innovation and creativity often take center stage, it's important not to forget the brewing pioneers that laid the foundation for America's rich beer culture. These venerable institutions have weathered the storms of Prohibition, changing tastes, and economic challenges to emerge as icons…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Best Flat Top Grills To Take Your Cooking To the Next Level

Are you tired of using traditional grills that limit your cooking options? It's time to take your cooking game to the next level with a flat top grill. A flat top grill, or griddle, is a versatile and efficient cooking appliance that can cook everything from pancakes to burgers, eggs,…

By Cool Material
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An Expert Guide to Buying Whiskey By The Barrel

If you’re a big fan of whiskey, you’ve probably tried your fair share of bourbons, rye whiskeys, single malt Scotch whiskies, and the various other whisk(e)y styles. You probably have a few bottles from each style that you love more than all others. Perhaps you stop by your local liquor…

By Christopher Osburn
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