speciality coffee stories
Coffee Careers: 7 Rules to Barista Like a Boss
We all want to be the best barista possible. The question is, how do we do that? Is it a case of the longer …
Pressure Profiling: The Key to Perfect Extraction
Specialty coffee is an innovative industry. It seems like there’s a new way to improve our coffee every year—if not every month! Recently, the …
Kalita Wave: The Story & Brewing Guide
Kalita Who? The Wave is another offering from Kalita Co., the family-owned Japanese company which has been making coffee equipment since the 1950s. The …
Hydrosols: How to Make Brewing Water as Aromatic as Perfume
Imagine this for a moment: Someone hands you a glass of clear water. You lift it to take a sip, but as your nose …
The History of Croatian Coffee & Its Journey to Specialty
Croatians love their coffee. Forget a café on every corner—here, entire streets are lined with café bars. Coffee-drinkers fill the bars, looking—and no doubt …
How to Introduce Customers to Third Wave Coffee
With third wave coffee shops everywhere, specialty coffee websites, specialty coffee associations, World Championships, and public cuppings, it’s easy to become insulated in third …
Extraction Wars, Part II: The Third Wave Coffee Revolution
Not so long ago, we published Extraction Wars: Espresso vs. Ristretto, an article dealing with some common terminology used in the specialty coffee industry. …
The Nicaraguan Coffee Industry & Story Behind Finca La Argentina
El tiempo perdido los santos lo lloran. The saints cry for lost time. That phrase embodies life in Nicaragua. Conquest, revolution, and disaster may …
Expos and SCAE Training: The Spread of Specialty Coffee in Argentina
In Argentina, we define ourselves by coffee. Sitting at a street-side table with a newspaper and a cortado (small black coffee with a splash …
Coffee Cupping: 5 Key Steps to Cupping Mastery
We’ve all been there before. Your friend takes a slow sip of the coffee and says, “Caramel, with hints of red grape and honeydew …
