Hace un mes asistí la conferencia, (o si prefiere “el evento”) del SCAA, la Asociación de Cafes Especiales de Estados … More
Category: Field Notes: what it looks like on the ground
Not As Easy as Pie
I had the privilege of attending Michael Sheridan’s “Millions on the Margins” farmworker panel at SCAA. The aspect of the … More
The Event
Seeing both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the same day elicits a special kind of “manifest destiny” stomach-butterfly flutter … More
Seriously Seed to Cup
“Seed to cup” is the coffee industry’s equivalent of “farm to table,” a much used phrase intended to describe one … More
How to Build a Book
Kind of like coffee, books are all around us and we probably don’t know too much about what goes into … More
You Can Feel Good About Potenciana Cafe
It’s Monday morning. It’s rainy and gray and dreary out. There are lots of coffees that claim to save the … More
The Question No One Really Wants to Know the Answer to
At the Ground to Grounds coffee tasting/coffee talk event in DC a few weeks ago, a woman was flipping through … More
NYC Baristas Speak: 3 Questions with Park Brannen of Counter Culture
3 (plus a bonus) Questions with Park Brannen, Northeast Regional Barista Champion and wholesale support rep with Counter Culture’s NYC … More
NYC Roasters Speak: The King of Queens
Most NYC roasters are rooted in Brooklyn (all the ones interviewed so far in the NYC Roasters Speak series are). … More
NYC Roasters Speak: The New Guard
Today’s newest guard of NYC coffee roasters is springing up—like battle-ready Athena from the head of Zeus—out of the expertise … More
NYC Roasters Speak: The Aussies
Part two of a the NYC Roasters Speak series, expanding the stories behind the “Roasting Revival in the City that … More
Just Another Boys Club?
WEIGH IN through March 23: Is roasting just for the men? Why are there so few female roasters among the … More
NYC Roasters Speak: The Williamsburgers
Williamsburg has been the definition of hipster Brooklyn cool for close to a decade now, but it isn’t just a … More
There Are No Slaves Here
The last night of my most recent trip to Panama I had a conversation that left me very perturbed. It … More
The Best Way to Go Broke
Yesterday I checked a big ticket item off my “being a freelancer in 2014” to do list: I got Obamacare. … More