Forward vs Spot Coffee Buying: The Pros & Cons
Do you know what coffee you’ll be selling next season? Or will your team be ringing around, requesting samples, negotiating prices, and hoping that you...
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5 Lessons I Learned From 4 AeroPress Champions (& Their Recipes)
The AeroPress is one of the best introductions into the world of specialty coffee. It’s affordable, fast, compact, and versatile. While it comes with a...
Coffee Farms & Guest Rites: Saudi Arabia’s Unique Coffee Culture
Saudi Arabia is a country of two coffee cultures: Arabic and specialty. With one, you have highly ritualized and historic coffee traditions that welcome guests....
Practical Tips for Visiting Coffee Farms & Mills
Green coffee buyers, there are many reasons why you might want to visit a coffee farm or mill. Perhaps you want to do direct trade,...
Expanding Your Café? Consider These Points First
Is your café churning at capacity? Are you battling peak times and brimming over the rim? Perhaps you’ve thought about expanding your café but are...
How Does Pressure Affect Espresso Quality?
What makes a perfect espresso, well, an espresso? Pressure. Sure, there’s also the crema, the size of the drink, and the concentrated nature of the...
A Barista’s Guide to Almond Milk Latte Art
If we care about our coffee, we should care about the milk we put into it – and that includes our dairy alternatives. Not all...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Indonesia’s Specialty Cafés
Indonesia: the name conjures up pristine beaches, nasi goreng, and Komodo dragons. Yet in the coffee world, it is known for far more. It’s the...
Coffee 101: Extraction & The “Strong Coffee” Myth
We’ve all heard someone say “I like my coffee strong” – and maybe we’ve even said it ourselves. But what we mean by this, and...
5 Tips for Starting a Career in Coffee
When writing one of my first articles for Perfect Daily Grind, an interviewee asked me about my role in the coffee industry. It took me...
Coffee Regions 101: What Sets East Africa Apart?
East Africa produces some of the world’s best coffees. It’s the birthplace of coffee. It’s the origin of Geisha, Yirgacheffe, and more. In short, it’s...
Honey Processed Coffee: What’s The Difference Between Yellow, Red, & Black?
“How much honey is in the honey-processed coffee like a Costa Rican espresso?” If that sounds like a riddle, don’t worry. You’re probably familiar with...
Farm, Mill, & Roastery: How Producers Can Vertically Integrate
Emilio Lopez tells me that, in 2001, you would struggle to find micro mills in El Salvador. There were few small operations. But all that...
How Indonesian Specialty Farmers Combat a Challenging Climate
A café manager once described their two coffees to me like this: “The Sumatra, well it tastes like coffee. Just what you’d expect coffee to...
Rethinking Coffee in Italy, The Capital of Espressos
How do you stand out in the capital of espressos? By offering specialty-grade ones. Because in a place where a quick espresso is a way...
Specialty Coffee Pods? 7 Talks at New York Coffee Festival
Picture New York City and you picture coffee. Okay, yes, you probably picture the Statue of Liberty as well – and the Empire State Building...