Welcome Back

It’s the busiest week of the year. The return of thousands of students to University of Idaho and Washington State University. Welcome back everyone who may have had a dearth of good espresso over the summer. Start the days out right. Photo credit

Homemade Coffee Ice Cream

One of the few cooking blogs I follow is cafefernando.com, written by a young Turkish food enthusiast. He only writes a couple times a month, but it’s always interesting and includes beautiful photos. A few weeks ago, he posted a recipe for making “Vietnamese” coffee ice cream at home using sweetened condensed milk. I decided […]

Local roaster RedFinn

For years, Otto Keyes has been a sought-after harp technician and piano tuner. Now, settling down in Moscow, he’s gotten more serious about one of his hobbies: coffee roasting. Starting a few years ago with a popcorn popper, moving to a converted chicken rotisserie, banished from the house for the smoke, he now has a […]