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The Sporkful

Our episode with Marc Maron from the WTF podcast launched a movement to use coffee ice cubes to prevent iced coffee dilution. Actually, we're not sure we can take credit for the movement, but in any case, Sporkful Eaters are documenting its growth. But Jeff writes with a special concern and an ingenious solution of magical

Coffee Ice Cube Movement Grows Stronger

Hot weather means ice coffee time, and as you've heard from our episode with Marc Maron from the WTF podcast, I'm a big believer in iced coffee in its purest form: made with coffee iced cubes. Sporkful Eaters have documented previous evidence of coffee ice cube growth. Now Allen has this fresh example from Lifehacker, which offers various ways to

The Sporkful

In honor of the great Marc Maron'srecent endorsement of The Sporkful, we're replaying his classic appearance on our podcast. Maron describes his dream cup of coffee, Mark Garrison extols the virtues of coffee ice cubes in iced coffee, and Dan explains why Maron's take on coffee makes him like Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven."    

The Sporkful

When Marc Maron joined us for a show on coffee it happened to be during the Jewish holiday of Purim, when it's customary to eat hamentaschen cookies. So before we got to talking coffee, I shared some of the ones my wife had baked. Here's what happened next.

Coffee: Shaken Not Stirred

Mary from New York has been listening to our coffee episode with Marc Maron, where I proposed my idea that the only true iced coffee is one with coffee ice cubes. Mary favors using espresso, chilled with a bartender's flair, using a cocktail shaker: Throw in your espresso, milk and sugar, add a handful of ice cubes last, shake, and strain

Take That, Marc Maron!

Sarah the Sporkful spy spotted this sign at il laboratorio del gelato in New York, more proof of the coffee ice cube movement's growing strength. Even gelato joints are taking a stand! In the recent coffee episode, special guest Marc Maron came out against my preference of making ice cubes out of coffee as a way of keeping iced coffee