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Product Spotlight: Rancilio Silvia
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*Coupon
Code = "NEWS107"
Save 5% on your next purchase.
*Coupon code excludes Capresso, Rancilio, Saeco Talea, Primea, & Odea lines, refurbished, commercial, pre-order, gift certificates & any previously purchased items.
Expires 10/25/07.
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Research suggests that when it comes to drinking coffee it's all or nothing. There's really no middle ground in caffeine tolerance according to clinical researchers at the world-famous University Medical Center of... Read More
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Whether you're a Cal Tech graduate or just like to fool around with your scientific calculator, give our 3rd Annual Great Pumpkin Contest a shot. Take a crack at solving this year's algebraic equation correctly and you could win a new Gaggia Carezza and Baratza Maestro Plus.
For more information about our 3rd Annual Great Pumpkin Contest visit our contest entry page. Remember there are just a few days left to enter!
Once you've conjured up an answer, send it to greatpumpkin@wholelattelove.com by 11:59 PM on October 31, 2007.
You may submit as many different answers as you like. A winner will be drawn at random from the correct entries and notified on November 1, 2007.
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By Adam Dean -
There are two schools of thought when it comes to espresso - the purists and the modernists. The Purists will tell you that espresso is a ritual. Modernists, on the other hand, would say that the end justifies the means. Both are correct. There is a lot to be said for the convenience you have with a super automatic, knowing that you can get great tasting espresso just by pushing a button. But for those of us who love the entire process of creating espresso, a semi-automatic is the best way to go. Semi-automatics offer the consistency of an electrical pump, but the grind, tamp and the extraction are totally in your control... Read More
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"The Silvia gives you the quality and durability you would expect from a trusted Italian brand like Rancilio"
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By Nicole Jones -

Cuisine in the battlefield has come a long way over the years. Early on soldiers had meager provisions. Their rations usually consisted of nothing more than beef, peas and rice. Oddly enough, troops serving under General Washington received an assortment of spirits – rum, whiskey and mead in their rations. It wasn’t until the Temperance movement gained momentum in the early 1800s that alcohol was eliminated from soldiers' provisions.
As a substitution for the spirits, coffee and sugar were added to their rations. In 1832 President Andrew Jackson signed a law mandating that coffee and sugar become a component of any soldier’s ration. It must have stuck...Read More
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"Now more than ever, soldiers are looking for
quality coffee in their provision."
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By Nicole Jones -
Yes. There is a rulebook when you join Gilda’s Club. And there are a few things people just don’t say, like “cancer patient” or “cancer victim,” according to club members who have opened Gilda’s Red Doors looking for “love and laughter while living with cancer.”
Founded in 1995 by Gilda Radner’s husband Gene Wilder and close friend Joanna Bull, Gilda’s Club is an organization that provides club members, their friends and family a place to retreat, laugh and learn during an extremely emotional time. Radner died in 1989 following a three-year battle with ovarian cancer. In addition to offering emotional and social support...Read more
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"There was a deep need for a place where people could be together,
experience their illness together,
and be helped in
understanding the deepest
existential issues of life"
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