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Decathlete Coffee

Today I watched thousands of runners power through the NYC Marathon; a few weeks ago I rode 30 miles around … More

coffee, coffee brew recipes, coffee brewing variables, coffee maker, coffee science, coffeepeople, innovation, making coffee, precision brewing, siphon coffee, Steampunk

Things Craft Coffee Can Teach Us About Forever Young America

I recently watched the Netflix docu series Chef’s Table for the first time, and suddenly everything about craft coffee trends … More

artisan coffee, coffee, coffee roasters, craft coffee

About that $18 Cup of Coffee

About that $18 cup of coffee in Brooklyn that went viral. What’s up with it? Why does it cost $18 … More

Alpha Dominche, Brooklyn, coffee, expensive coffee, Extraction Lab, Geisha, Panama, Steampunk

The Importance of Inefficiency and the Danger of Detail

  Specialty coffee is overwhelmingly inefficient. This inefficiency might be the one unilateral criterion that makes certain coffee special and … More

coffee, coffee roasting, growing coffee, small business, specialty coffee, sustainable coffee

Southdown: A Place You Want to Be

Southdown: A Place You Want to Be   One of the unexpected benefits of working for an importer is that … More

coffee, craft coffee, family business, Huntington, local business, Long Island, New York, shop small, specialty coffee

Dispassionate Coffee

People have a lot to say about their passions for coffee, myself included. Because coffee is indeed an addictive caffeinated … More

coffee, coffee trends, coffeepeople, specialty coffee

Fat Neighbors

Some people have more money, resources, good looks, connections, and formative educational training than others. That’s life. In the case … More

coffee, coffee farmers, Colombia, direct trade, growing coffee, Nicaragua

Coffee in 2016

It’s a new year and there is everything to look forward to in life in general and especially in world … More

Ally Coffee, Brazil, coffee, coffee importing, green coffee, microlots, specialty coffee

New York Coffee Festival

It’s happening. The New York Coffee Festival opens tomorrow, and not only will coffeepeople from New York be representing hard, … More

coffee, coffee books, Coffee Festival, coffee shop, coffeepeople, education, events, festivals, New York, New York coffee, NYC, things to do in NYC, weekend

Celebrate the Good

Coffee, like everything else, is not perfect. Coffee regularly gets negative press of being exploitive on one end and elitist … More

Axiom Coffee Ventures, Castell Cafe, coffee, coffee books, coffee education, Coffee Magazine, coffee quality, Coffeelands Foundation, coffeepeople, Crop to Cup Importers, cupping, Guatemala, Jorge de Leon Jr, When Coffee Speaks, World Cup Tasters Championship

Celebrity Farmers

Way back in the post Division of Decision I suggested that we don’t always know what me mean by the … More

coffee, coffee farmers, direct trade coffee, growing coffee, middlemen, When Coffee Speaks

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

coffee, coffee books, coffee events, coffee farmers, coffee farming, coffee futures, coffeepeople, Latin America, Latin American coffee, learn about coffee

Coffees for Dads

I am a coffee drinker because of my dad. I started drinking coffee when I started high school; classes began … More

adventure, coffee, exchange student, family tradition, Fathers' Day

When Coffee Connects

  Vague generalisms like “coffee connects people” or “coffee shops are a third space that builds community” are tired clichés. … More

coffee, coffee communities, coffee shop, Fresh Cup magazine, Starbucks, third space

No Homo–It’s An Incorporated Rainbow

Because so much of the world’s culture (food, clothes, stuff) is manufactured and distributed by multinational corporations that imperialize with … More

coffee, culture, existential traveler, food, local flavor

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