Coffee Roasting, Volcafe Way, Women in Coffee
When #shestheroaster—and the Coffee Producer
Modest Coffee, in Aurora, Ill., has dubbed 2017 the Year of Women. “This year began with women across the…
December 7, 2017ROASTERS, ORIGINS, COFFEES
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Coffee Life, Papua New Guinea, Volcafe WayPapua New Guinea: One Valley, Two Coffees
Papua New Guinea sits on the “Ring of Fire,” a basin in the Pacific Ocean where scraping tectonic plates trigger…
November 30, 2017 -
Coffee Buying, FeaturedHolding Fees, Carry Charges and Other Things We Don’t Do
Hotels, taxis, groceries — lots of industries have been “disrupted” and are now far more efficient, transparent and user-friendly versions…
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Coffee Life, Flavor Notes, Roaster LifeCoffees for that Holiday Feeling
Whether bright baking spices, chocolate and citrus or dark fruits like sugar plums are your favorite holiday flavors, we’d got just…
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Coffee Life, Competition CoffeeThrowdown Champ Lance Hedrick Is Going to Guatemala
“It was a pretty good weekend,” said Lance Hedrick, lead barista and manager at The Hub, a new…
November 9, 2017 -
Colombia, Roaster LifeRoasting Notes: Máquina Coffee’s Gabe Boscana & Colombia Nariño
The day our latest Colombia Nariño arrived, we reached out to Gabriel Boscana at Máquina Coffee Roasters about spending some time…
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Costa Rica, Volcafe Way, Women in Coffee“I Am Winning.” Volcafe Way Conversations, Part 2
Riley Thomson, head of the Volcafe Way program in Costa Rica, recently interviewed Carol Mata Gutierrez, a coffee producer in Tarrazú,…
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Costa Rica, Volcafe WayCoffee Growing Is Hard. Volcafe Way Is Helping.
Riley Thomson, head of the Volcafe Way program in Costa Rica, spoke recently with Victor Hugo Sanchez Fonseca, a coffee producer…
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Coffee Buying, Coffee Life, Featured, Volcafe WayWhat’s a Microlot?
There are some pretty flexible definitions in coffee, and microlots and macrolots (or community lots, as we refer to…
October 19, 2017 -
Coffee Life, GuatemalaSmalltown Throwdown, Big Coffee Love
At The Abbey Coffee Co., Roastmaster Levi McClish is growing his coffee community beyond his small town —and encouraging…
October 12, 2017 -
Roaster Life, TanzaniaSample Roasting: A Direct-Trade Roaster’s Perspective
Jeremy Moore says he found his taste for coffee following his parents around the coffee shops of Europe. Much…
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EthiopiaIn Ethiopia, a Reputation for Quality
As coffees from Ethiopia arrive in the store — three washed and three natural — our head of content spoke…
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Coffee Buying, Roaster Life, Women in CoffeeLightwave Coffee Roasters Is on a Journey
“I knew I wanted to be in the hospitality industry, I just wasn’t quite sure how,” says Joy Park,…
September 20, 2017 -
Flavor Notes, GuatemalaTable Stars: Guatemala
By Rich Futrell We had a really nice cupping in the Chicago suburbs this week, hosted by Tyler Fivecoat…
September 7, 2017 -
Volcafe Way, Women in CoffeeVolcafe Way Grows in Africa
“Profitability is good to chase, but hard to achieve,” Elizabeth Mbau said back in May, on a call from…
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Guatemala, Women in CoffeeGuatemala La Morena Is Women’s Work
“I got in touch with the IWCA chapter here in Guatemala, called Mujeres en Café, and I started talking…
August 17, 2017