It’s happening. The New York Coffee Festival opens tomorrow, and not only will coffeepeople from New York be representing hard, … More
Tag: coffee books
Celebrate the Good
Coffee, like everything else, is not perfect. Coffee regularly gets negative press of being exploitive on one end and elitist … More
2015: Digital Coffee Summer
The sun is out and the summer is sweaty; it’s the season of cold brew and there’s lots that has … More
Soundbytes from When Coffee Speaks
“When I was twelve my family had come here [to Cedral] to pick coffee on a man’s farm. I dreamed—we came up here to pick coffee, and I could hear the cows and the calves and everything, because there used to be more dairies. And I dreamed of one day coming back, to be able to hear the cows, to come back here to live. I wanted to live here. I prayed to God that I could live here!
Action, Impact, and a Dose of Serendipity
From the trajectory of its debut month, 2015 seems to be the year of serendipity. One such example came yesterday … More
Ink Spotlight
This internet thing is cool, but there is something about ink on paper that—for me at least—will never go out … 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
Doorstops and Firestarter
If anyone is a believer in the transmutation of mediums, it’s me. I believe that our bodies and minds can … More
Costa Rican Coffee: Spirit of a Nation
Costa Rican coffee doesn’t yield the volume of beans for export that other Latin American countries have to offer, but … More
“When Coffee Speaks” Book Release Party!
Come celebrate the stories of Latin American coffeepeople Wednesday, November 6th from 6-10pm at Nimba Cafe in Brooklyn! Get your … More
The Book: “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin American Coffeepeople”
ORDER THE BOOK HERE Back cover reads: Whatever your sentiments towards or knowledge of coffee, the stories coffee has to … More
Cuando el Cafe Habla (When Coffee Speaks): Stories from Caficultores
Humanity of Commodity: Working Project Rationale Everything has a story. No one of us, no moment of anyone’s life, fits … More