Trenches

I have been working as a “coffee writer” (covering craft, commodity, conversation and culture!) for about two years, but before…

Ink Spotlight

This internet thing is cool, but there is something about ink on paper that—for me at least—will never go out…

As soon I knew that I’d be living in Park Slope for two months this summer, I told myself that…

Two weeks ago, I visited Grand Rapids Michigan for my cousin’s wedding. En route to the family festivities, I of…

Get ready coffeepeople; there’s a new tree in town, and it is dressed for success. The coffee industry has gone…

Often, questions like, “what’s it like to be an agricultural producer?” are met with descriptive answers, but whose descriptions are…

Preguntas como, “como es ser agricultor?” suelen se encuentran con respuestas descriptivas, pero cuyos descripciones son muy someras. Cuando…

Too much time has lapsed in which I’ve been a regular at Brooklyn’s Coffee Mob and have not written a…

I grew up in New Hampshire, and about the age (3rd grade) that I realized what New Hampshire was, and…

Gorilla Coffee has its roots in Brooklyn and is continuing to evolve along with the city’s cutting edge of coffee…

I had the pleasure of spending last week in Antioquia, Colombia with 1,000 of the country’s next generation of coffee…

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

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

Because I’m personally invested in the pursuit of better coffee, I’m also invested in the pursuit of better snacks to…

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