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Designing an autumn menu for your coffee shop
There’s no doubt that seasonality plays an important role in influencing consumer behaviour. As warmer weather sets in, coffee drinkers tend to opt for colder beverages, whereas the number of hot coffee beverages usually increases during the colder months. Seasonal signature drinks have also become commonplace in coffee shops across the world. One of the most prominent examples is the pumpkin spice latte (popularised by Starbucks) which is now found… read more
There’s no doubt that seasonality plays an important role in influencing consumer behaviour. As warmer weather sets in, coffee drinkers tend to opt for colder beverages, whereas the number of hot coffee beverages usually increases during the colder months. Seasonal… 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...
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...
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 –...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Do You Know The 6 Different Kinds of Specialty 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...
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...
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...
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...
Nitro Cold Brew: Is Coffee Following Craft Beer?
“It’s where craft beer was two or three years ago,” Tyler Jones tells me. He’s speaking of the cold brew coffee he saw at SCAA...
Coffee and Beer: A Brewista’s Paradise
When you think of the beverages that get you through the day, what comes to mind? I bet you thought of two things almost immediately:...