Monthly Archives: October 2020

Transporting processed coffee to storage in the Kiambu growing region of Kenya. Photo courtesy of Caesar Tu. What makes a coffee taste like it does? Many factors go into what you ultimately experience in your morning cup. First, there’s the tree variety that produces the coffee. For specialty coffees, the varieties in question are, with […]

Coffee, Coffee Everywhere I’ve been working the last few years on grinders. I used to poke fun at the idea of tens of thousands of Dyson vacuum cleaner prototypes. How…

Atlanta’s historic West End neighborhood is one of the oldest in the city, known for its stunning array of architecture along with a rich history of Black culture and small…

The Specialty Coffee Association and Coffee Roasters Guild are reprising their annual Sensory Summit online this year in a two-day event for intensive training and education. Now in its fourth…

The owners of downtown Jacksonville, Florida, coffee shop Urban Grind Coffee have launched a new coffee roasting business in St. Augustine called Screaming Peacock Coffee. From the new 1,200-square-foot roastery,…

Allegra’s World Coffee Portal has released its first ever report on the Canadian coffee shop market, which may feel reverberations from the COVID-19 pandemic for years. The market research firm’s…

Like kryptonite for curiosity, any whiff of pretentiousness from a new product or brand can be off-putting to new customers. For this reason, Curio Brewing, a new beer and coffee…

Soaring quality is the goal at Skytop Coffee in Manlius, New York, which overcame challenges of pandemic proportions to open its doors this past Spring. Founders Serena and Aaron Lerner,…

Latin American green coffee trading company Caravela Coffee is expanding its presence in the United States with the appointment of Carlos de Valdenebro into the new position of North American…