Specialty Coffee
WAR AND COFFEE: THE YEMENI SPECIALTY SCENE
It’s a hard reality that the specialty coffee we drink, we work with, love, is largely produced in countries and communities perpetually in the midst of turmoil. It could be […]
MONSOON MALABAR PROCESS
How good is discovering new food combinations by accident. Like making toast with avocado on one slice, and vegemite on the other, licking the knife – and realising it should […]
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Roasted Potatoes. So Good. Roasted Coffee That Smells Like Potatoes, Not So Good.
It’s mid-morning at the cafe, the sun is shining, people are happily milling around staring off into the middle distance with the sun on their backs, waiting on their coffee […]
COFFEE FARMS OPEN BORDERS TO REFUBEES
BEES AND COFFEE SUSTAINABILITY Not long ago I heard about the diminishing bee population and how this will be catastrophic for the world as we know it. I heard that […]
COFFEE FORECASTS AND FEELINGS IN 2022
Let’s switch on our crystal balls (or lava lamps if you don’t have one) and ask it what the future holds for the coffee industry this year. After we’ve done […]
AEROPRESS: UPSIDE DOWN UPSIDE DOWN.
Growing up in Australia in the 80’s meant that I was educated and inspired by Mr Squiggle and his remarkable talent for drawing pictures from squiggles. This might not sound […]
DO YOU HAVE AN ALTITUDE PROBLEM
I once had a customer who would come in, talk shop for an hour or so, tell me what coffee he’d been drinking lately, tell me about the best coffee […]
HOW NOT TO BE A COFFEE SNOB (WHEN YOU’RE A COFFEE SNOB)
I wouldn’t call myself a coffee snob. It’s not nice to call people coffee snobs so I extend that etiquette to myself, even though I am one. I don’t mean […]