Ever wondered how your coffee grows? It may be called a “bean” but, actually, it’s a seed – and it grows inside a coffee cherry,…
Your coffee beans grow inside cherries, which dangle on the branch until a cherry picker decides they’re ripe and plucks them off. But this is…
Few stages of coffee production are as exciting, or as tricky, as post-harvesting. The choice of processing method, the way the cherries are picked, the…
When we sip on that delicious latte or filter brew, it's easy to forget that our favorite drink comes from a coffee plant. Yet millions…
Coffee acidity is a divisive term in coffee brewing. For some, it signals sharp, sour flavours. For others, it’s a revered attribute of a high-quality…
Colombia or Brazil? Kenya or Ethiopia? Indonesia or Thailand? Which country to choose from, but does it even matter? That last question is easy to…
Terroir: we hear it more and more often when talking about coffee. But what does this mysterious word mean? What does it have to do…
So you want to buy delicious roasted coffee to drink at home – but purchasing coffee can be tricky, especially with so much information on…
Want to know where your chocolate comes from? You’ll have to travel to hot, humid climates where rain falls frequently and your clothes stick to…
Coffee: it’s an intrinsic part of our world. For many people, it starts their day. It appears at business meetings and lunch breaks, first dates…
Producers, you need to be aware of coffee defects. They can affect the way your beans roast and taste, and as of such, their value.…
Almost 50% of the world’s population prefers instant coffee to fresh, according to a 2014 Euromonitor report – and our love for soluble coffee is…
Few things are better than sipping on a delicious coffee that you roasted yourself. Becoming a home roaster allows you to explore the different types…
Coffee beans are bought and sold as parchment, but do you actually know what it is? What it looks like? And how to recognise quality…
The sweet aroma of coffee growing on the trees. The serenity of the coffee fields in the early morning. The experience of hearing a farmer…
In 2015, Sasa Sestic won the World Barista Championship with a washed carbonic macerated coffee, an innovative fermentation method. Two years later, he has his…