Tim Wendelboe: 6 Ways to Improve Your Coffee Roasting Skills
The best roasters never stop learning. That may be a cliché, but it’s true. From using different machinery to roasting new coffees and developing the ...read more
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Seed to Bottle: Behind The Scenes in a Cold Brew Factory
In the specialty industry, that most probably takes advantage of plastic temperature control, you’ll frequently hear two words: “micro” and “fresh”. Freshly roasted microlots straight ...read more
Interview: Why 1 Roastery Invests in Rwandan Cooperatives
Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills and incredible coffee. Yet not all is beautiful in this East African country. According to The World Bank, ...read more
Interview: How Is The Baratza Sette Revolutionizing Grinder Technology?
There’s a new grinder in town, and boy is it causing a whirr. The Sette (pronounced SET-ei, just like café) is Baratza’s newest offering for ...read more
Innovation & Sustainability: 4 Reasons to Participate in a Specialty Coffee Auction
Dawn is breaking over the slopes of El Pital, the sun beginning to shine on the pine and cypress forests of Salvadoran coffee plantation Finca ...read more
Producer Perspective: Why Coffee Auctions Should Be About More Than Coffee
Coffee auctions must be about more than just the year’s best coffees; they must also be about building relationships. Don’t believe us? Well, let’s ask ...read more
Coffee Business: 3 Steps to Leading Instead of Managing
As I was mid-rant about how poorly some specialty level cafés are managed, my ex-husband interrupted me. “I’ve never seen your style of managing before,” ...read more