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

I mentioned in “Seriously Seed to Cup” that the two most frequent coffee questions I get are “what’s the best … More

I’ve been speaking Spanish for 10 years. The last time I took an academic class was 2006. I’ve been speaking … More

“Seed to cup” is the coffee industry’s equivalent of “farm to table,” a much used phrase intended to describe one … More

It’s Monday morning. It’s rainy and gray and dreary out. There are lots of coffees that claim to save the … More

At the Ground to Grounds coffee tasting/coffee talk event in DC a few weeks ago, a woman was flipping through … More

3 (plus a bonus) Questions with Park Brannen, Northeast Regional Barista Champion and wholesale support rep with Counter Culture’s NYC … More

Most NYC roasters are rooted in Brooklyn (all the ones interviewed so far in the NYC Roasters Speak series are). … More

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

Part two of a the NYC Roasters Speak series, expanding the stories behind the “Roasting Revival in the City that … More

WEIGH IN through March 23: Is roasting just for the men? Why are there so few female roasters among the … More

Williamsburg has been the definition of hipster Brooklyn cool for close to a decade now, but it isn’t just a … More

For the February issue of Tea & Coffee Trade Journal I wrote an article by that title, “Roasting Revival in … More

“FROM GROUND TO GROUNDS” DAYLONG CELEBRATION OF COFFEE INCLUDES BUSBOYS & POETS NEW COFFEE LAUNCH, TASTING, PRESENTATIONS, AND BOOK SIGNING AT … More