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Tag: When Coffee Speaks
Celebrity Farmers
Way back in the post Division of Decision I suggested that we don’t always know what me mean by the … More
The Coffeepeople Event: SCAA 2015
Seattle, Take 2 From April 8th-12th the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) held its 27th annual Event, and for the … 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!
Destroyed but Not Defeated
A few weeks ago I started a graduate program in English Literature, which admittedly has nothing to do with coffee … More
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
Another Year Later
At the end of October 2013 I self published 400 copies of “When Coffee Speaks: Stories from and of Latin … More
There’s an App for That: Angels’ Cup, Coffee Tasting for All
It takes many long, grueling hours to become a Q Grader, the technical name for a “coffee sommelier,” or professional … 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
Madcap’s Knapp Speaks
Two weeks ago, I visited Grand Rapids Michigan for my cousin’s wedding. En route to the family festivities, I of … More
To Better Understand
Often, questions like, “what’s it like to be an agricultural producer?” are met with descriptive answers, but whose descriptions are … More
Para Entender Mejor
Preguntas como, “como es ser agricultor?” suelen se encuentran con respuestas descriptivas, pero cuyos descripciones son muy someras. Cuando … More
Coffee Mob
Too much time has lapsed in which I’ve been a regular at Brooklyn’s Coffee Mob and have not written a … More
Gorilla Coffee: K!ng Kong Cup
Gorilla Coffee has its roots in Brooklyn and is continuing to evolve along with the city’s cutting edge of coffee … More
Seeds on Fire
I had the pleasure of spending last week in Antioquia, Colombia with 1,000 of the country’s next generation of coffee … More
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