VIDEO Guide: Quality Control & Defects in Natural/Dry Coffees
Natural/dry processed coffees have divided the specialty coffee industry time and time again. They have a sweet, fruity flavour thanks to their processing method. A…
Natural/dry processed coffees have divided the specialty coffee industry time and time again. They have a sweet, fruity flavour thanks to their processing method. A…
So, you love sipping on a delicious espresso, latte, or flat white at your favorite coffee shop, but wish you could have that a barista…
Do you want to produce high-quality coffee that should result in higher prices? Or do you want to efficiently produce coffee, reducing investment and so…
After leaving the mill, coffee travels thousands of miles and through numerous hands before reaching the roaster. And across this journey, even small errors can…
You might not know it, but Vietnam is a coffee giant. The question is: with only Brazil exceeding it in production, why is Vietnam so…
What do you need to do to brew better filter coffee? That’s one of the many questions UC Davis Coffee Center is setting out to…
Coffee prices are complex, whether they’re specialty or commodity. Profit margins are even more so. Yield, quality, supply and demand, and harvest conditions all affect…
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…
How much do you know about where your coffee comes from? Those beautiful coffee beans are actually the seeds of coffee berries, aka "cherries". And getting…
Producers, baristas, roasters, consumers – whoever we are, we all want coffee farmers to be able to produce better quality coffee and receive better prices.…
Roasting coffee is all about heat and moisture. During your roast, you'll bring coffee beans down from 10–12% moisture content to less than 5%. But…
Washed coffee processing: it's renowned for producing an exceptionally clean profile, and often used for specialty-grade coffees. But what is it? And how do producers…
Natural coffees are full of sweetness, eco-friendly, and on trend. But they can also be one of the most vulnerable to contamination and fermentation –…
Think the naked portafilter is too messy? Fed up of coffee spraying all over your gleaming machine? Coffee Champion Chris Baca of Verve Coffee has the answer…
Origin trips: you'll hear the words spoken with reverence in the specialty coffee industry. But what actually happens on them? And why are they so…
There was a time, in Brazil, when the wet process was considered the only way to produce a high-quality coffee. The argument went that ripe…