Cat & Cloud Blog

Happy 6th Birthday One & One!

Today marks the 6th birthday of our beloved One & One!  We started serving up the One & One at a competition tasting event, which led to the video/blog, which...

It's All Relative

Guest Post By Scott Lucey. Check out his Q&A as well as other guest posts!   I once helped make a pretty big change to a pretty big company in the...

How Fresh is it? Words from Pete Licata

Once upon a time I made coffee with my bare wits, a grinder, and an espresso machine. Some of you might call this the dark ages, but some of you...

Being Aware of Your Surroundings

For years I've recommended a 1:15 brew ratio for those diving into the world of home brewing, often referring to my old standby of 20 grams of coffee to 300...

Marked for Death

Back in the day one of my favorite ways to enjoy espresso was in the form of a double macchiato. It had all the makings of a barista nerds dream:...

A Day Without a Scale

When we started making espresso we didn't have all the awesome tools we have now, and the tools we did have we really didn't use to their full potential.We used...