The Furrowed Brow

Since I started exploring coffee over two years ago many people have asked me, “Oh, so are you going to … More

Young Colombian Coffee Growers

I have the privilege of spending this week among 1000 young Colombian coffee growers in San Geronimo, Antioquia, as they … More

This is the third of three posts about the intersections between education and agriculture. The process of making a living … More

In the previous post in Spanish, I tell the story of arriving on my friend’s family farm in the mountains … More

Hace un mes asistí la conferencia, (o si prefiere “el evento”) del SCAA, la Asociación de Cafes Especiales de Estados … More

I had the privilege of attending Michael Sheridan’s “Millions on the Margins” farmworker panel at SCAA. The aspect of the … More

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

Kind of like coffee, books are all around us and we probably don’t know too much about what goes into … 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