Brazilian Roastery Releases Coffee Flower Kombucha
Coffee flowers are a necessary byproduct of the coffee production process that are usually discarded once the coffee cherries are harvested. However, these flowers can ...read more
Coffee Trends in Latin America: Analysing PDG Español Data
From Colombia’s thriving coffee farms to Uruguay’s micro-roasters, Latin America has a diverse and constantly evolving specialty coffee scene. Yet it is surprisingly hard to ...read more
Exploring The Dalgona Coffee Craze
Spend any amount of time on social media and you’ll notice that the platforms encourage people to try out viral food and drink trends and ...read more
Serving Food in Specialty Coffee Shops
Introducing new customers to specialty coffee or converting coffee enthusiasts to new origins and exotic varieties is one of the great things about operating a ...read more
What Is Kombucha?
If you’ve visited a coffee shop recently or browsed the drinks aisle of your local supermarket, there’s a good chance you’ll have seen bottles of ...read more
Chocolate & Wine: How to Plan a Perfect Match
Most people would agree that wine and chocolate make a great combination. However, some wines will go better with certain chocolates than others, and vice ...read more
A Coffee Shop Owner’s Guide to Handling Food & Dairy Allergies
Everything from almond milk to nut brownies can trigger severe reactions in allergy sufferers. If your coffee shop isn’t prepared for this, it could lead ...read more
Why Taiwan’s High Mountain Oolong Tea Is Brewing Up a Storm
Walk down a Taiwanese street, and it won’t take you long to notice the tea shops. You’ll see teenagers slurping boba or bubble tea – ...read more
Pu’er: The Fermented Tea That Everyone Wants to Try
Deep within the forests of Yunnan, China, a special type of tea is made, one that is unlike any other: Pu’er. Pu’er tea has been ...read more
Specialty Coffee & Artisanal Maple: More Similar Than You Realize
A carefully harvested, small-batch product full of complex flavor notes – many of which are the result of terroir and processing. I could be writing ...read more
Tea Brew Guide: How Water Quality Affects Flavors & Clarity
Your tea is only as good as your water. Perhaps you’re a consumer wanting to enjoy the subtle flavors of Japanese matcha or Yunnan Pu’erh. ...read more
Specialty Tea: An Introduction to Tea Cupping
Drinking specialty tea is an adventure in flavors, origins, aromas, and more. And there’s no better way to appreciate the complexities of a high-quality tea ...read more
Do You Know The 6 Different Kinds of Tea?
There are over 20,000 different teas in the world, according to Mary Lou and Robert J. Heiss in The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook: A Guide to ...read more
How to Cup Cascara & Evaluate Quality
Welcome to the first day of cascara class. Interest in cascara and cascara-based drinks is booming across the specialty world. People are experimenting with processing ...read more
Craft Beer & Specialty Coffee: More Similar Than You Realise
Whether it’s a Belgian pale ale, Irish stout, or Brock, there’s nothing better than a cool beer on a warm day. Unless, of course, it’s ...read more
Medicine-Infused Tea & Coffee: Is This The Future?
“Man, I have a headache. I need a coffee.” But imagine if that wasn’t just because you’re addicted to caffeine, but rather because your coffee was ...read more