Kai Kitchen Scissors

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A few years ago I encountered my first pair of Kai scissors. I didn’t even know I was missing out all these years using cheap scissors. I have since purchased a few of these for my home such as the Professional 8 inch scissors.

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My favorite scissors are the Kitchen scissors. They are wonderful to have and have stayed sharp and in good shape for many years. The best thing about them is that you can simply take them apart and put them in the dishwasher. We have two pairs of them in our knife drawer so we always have a clean pair ready to go.

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How I make Coffee - 2021

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The last time I wrote about How I make Coffee was 2015. Coffee is one of my favorite daily rituals and I am very particular about my equipment.

There are so many different ways to make coffee and there is only one way that I make it and that is using Pour Over. I have found that Pour-Over provides the most consistent brewing methodology (it’s just hot water and gravity) and really allows you to experience the different tastes in coffee beans. I weigh the beans and water so the coffee tastes the same each time.

I use three techniques for brewing coffee using pour-over. Two are “at home” and one “travel”.

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Euroscrubby

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Hi Friends, a tough week here in the United States. It's hard to believe. I'm going to try and keep the newsletter frequency going this year - but this one will be short and sweet.

Every one of you has something in your sink you use to scrub and clean dishes. We are fans of the Scotch-Brite non-scratch sponge and have been using one for years. But sometimes it's not enough. For our carbon steel and cast iron products we use this awesome chain mail sponge.

A few weeks ago, I was hanging out at our local kitchen store and noticed this interesting sponge at the checkout. The owner was kind enough to give me one for free to try out.

Well, I love the thing. It's called the EuroScrubby.

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Messermeister 8.5-Inch Take-Apart Utility Shear - 5 stars

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Going to keep this post short since today is prepare for Taxes day.

About a year ago when I was collecting the perfect set of knives, I was looking for a set of kitchen sheers. My requirements were that I could easily take them apart to clean them, and sharpen them. 

I had read about these German kitchen sheers made by Messermeister in Cook's Illustrated. They rated these knives highest about 10 yeas ago.. They are really great.

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Ratio 8 - 5 stars

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After messing around with a lot of coffee makers over the years, I have settled on pour over as the best approach for a clean, flavor filled cup of joe. Beyond the manual process of making a pour over, which is simple and inexpensive, there are a number of automated pour over machines. None comes close to the Ratio 8 in terms of producing what I find to be an authentic pour over.

I covered the various approaches I use to making coffee in my post How I Make Coffee. In that post I was still using the Wilfa Machine, and most recently I had reviewed a Chemex pour over machine which was disappointing.

I had been doing some research on the Ratio 8, which is made in Portland Oregon, and decided to order one. A few months later my Ratio arrived. We've had it since December.

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