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REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE IN COFFEE FARMING
I watched that gut health doco on Netflix a few weeks ago. I loved it. Particularly the stop motion felt intestines and bacteria and other gut related things. And I […]
How to (really, should you) reheat coffee?
I’ve gotten into an afternoon habit of late, of making a really big pot of spiced tea, or maybe it’s a tisane as there’s no actual tea in it, just […]
The Sri Lankan Phoenix: Coffee’s Rise From The Ashes
We’ve come to the second instalment of the Sri Lankan coffee saga, and if this isn’t a story fit for the big screen, it’ll at least make an interesting National […]
SRI LANKAN COFFEE: THE GLORY YEARS
I don’t think of coffee straight away, or at all when I think of Sri Lanka. I think of tea, of rolling green plantations, of elephants and peacocks, tuk tuks, […]
LAUNCH: ONLINE COFFEE COURSES
As you’ve no doubt already noticed, already picked up what we’re laying down – we’re nuts about coffee education. We’re the ‘sitting in the front seats of class, hands in […]
A CUPPA WITH ALI
Gosh it’s been great sipping and chatting with folk at the barista course. This time I got to speak with Ali, who finished the The Accredited Barista Course. Ali is […]
SUPERNATURAL COFFEE
The definitions of ‘super’, according to the definitive source of definitions Wordhippo.com, can be defined as: Super (ˈsü-pər ) Adjective 1. Of excellent quality, superfine. 2. Better than average, better […]
GIVE THIS A CRACK WITH YOUR NEXT LONG BLACK
It felt controversial at the time, actually it feels controversial now, but a little whiles ago I wrote an article busting the myth that crema is the sign of a […]
HUILA OR WON’T YA?
Of course you huil. Huila is delicious. It’s very likely you’ll have sipped many a cup from this luscious region before, delighting in its rich, brown sugary sweetness and stone […]
A GAME OF CURDL
Another spectacular day behind the bar. All the coffee is tasting spectacular. The blend is tasting like someone’s melted a caramello koala in every cup. The bright roast is like […]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOURBON
When a description of the widely produced coffee varietal Bourbon begins with “It’s a tall variety characterized by relatively low production, susceptibility to the major diseases (of leaf rust, berry […]
COFFEE IN TIMOR LESTE
Timor Leste has a turbulent history, and one I know very little about. This should be surprising considering how close a neighbour Timor Leste is to Australia, but also considering […]