Crop to Cup gets Roasty

When I travel, coffeepeople often give me samples of green coffee as a gesture of sharing the bounty of their … More

Lazy Change

Walk the dog. Grab brunch. Change history. Is that how it works? Can changing history be accomplished just by showing … More

I have been working as a “coffee writer” (covering craft, commodity, conversation and culture!) for about two years, but before … More

As soon I knew that I’d be living in Park Slope for two months this summer, I told myself that … More

Two weeks ago, I visited Grand Rapids Michigan for my cousin’s wedding. En route to the family festivities, I of … More

Get ready coffeepeople; there’s a new tree in town, and it is dressed for success. The coffee industry has gone … More

Often, questions like, “what’s it like to be an agricultural producer?” are met with descriptive answers, but whose descriptions are … More

Preguntas como, “como es ser agricultor?” suelen se encuentran con respuestas descriptivas, pero cuyos descripciones son muy someras. Cuando … More

Too much time has lapsed in which I’ve been a regular at Brooklyn’s Coffee Mob and have not written a … More

I grew up in New Hampshire, and about the age (3rd grade) that I realized what New Hampshire was, and … More

Gorilla Coffee has its roots in Brooklyn and is continuing to evolve along with the city’s cutting edge of coffee … More

I had the pleasure of spending last week in Antioquia, Colombia with 1,000 of the country’s next generation of coffee … More

I have the privilege of spending this week among 1000 young Colombian coffee growers in San Geronimo, Antioquia, as they … More

This is the third of three posts about the intersections between education and agriculture. The process of making a living … More

In the previous post in Spanish, I tell the story of arriving on my friend’s family farm in the mountains … More