What Is An Affogato?
The affogato is a hot and cold delicacy available on many specialty coffee shop menus, as well as in restaurants. It is a rich, creamy ...read more
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How to Build an Espresso Blend
A good, well-balanced espresso shot can be enjoyed on its own or as part of another drink. However, to create an espresso that has a ...read more
Equipping Your Coffee Roastery: Where To Start
People start coffee roasteries for a number of different reasons, but there tends to be a common goal that unites specialty roasters: bringing quality coffee ...read more
Combating Climate Change’s Impact With Hybrid Coffee Varieties
Changing weather patterns, pests and diseases, deforestation, and rising temperatures are just some of the environmental factors threatening worldwide coffee production. It’s estimated that by ...read more
Customising Your Specialty Coffee Offerings According to Season
Does your coffee shop customise its menu with seasonal coffee offerings? While coffee beans are available all year round, different harvest seasons take place at ...read more
Why Do Coffee Productivity Levels Vary Between Countries?
Coffee crop productivity can be influenced by a number of factors, including farm practices, access to resources, and quality of infrastructure. Issues with coffee pricing ...read more
Inside Brazil’s Specialty Robusta Scene
Specialty coffee is usually associated with Arabica coffee beans, and Robusta coffee beans are usually associated with commercial coffee, instant coffee, or blends. While Arabica ...read more
Nature vs Nurture: What Has The Greatest Effect on Coffee Quality?
By how many points can a producer increase their coffee’s cupping score? Good farming practices will highlight a coffee’s best features and reduce the risk ...read more
How to Roast Kenyan Coffee
Kenya is Africa’s fifth-largest coffee producer, and its six producing regions are known for growing many varietals of high-quality coffee – thanks to the country’s ...read more
How The World’s Leading Coffee Producer Is Dealing With COVID-19
COVID-19 related restrictions have impacted the world’s coffee production and exportation efforts. Despite this, Brazil 2020’s harvest is set to reach a historical high of ...read more
How to Meet The Needs of Today’s Coffee Shop Customer
Vegan, earth-conscious, experience-seeking, Instagram-shunning, pour-over-drinking, pour-over-avoiding, quality-orientated, convenience-orientated: the consumer market is rapidly evolving and at times contradictory. Coffee shop owners who don’t adapt to ...read more
Designing The Perfect Packaging For Your Roasted Coffee Beans
Your coffee bean packaging does more than protect it from the elements while it travels from your roastery to your customers. It also serves as ...read more
Understanding Body in Coffee And How to Roast For it
Body makes up one of the essential sensorial experiences in drinking coffee. Whether it’s light or heavy, it doesn’t matter. What’s important is ensuring that ...read more
Overcoming Logistical Hurdles to Strengthening Direct Trade Relationships
Direct trade establishes direct, mutually beneficial relationships between roasters and producers, cutting out all or some of the middlemen usually involved in the coffee supply ...read more
What Is a Ristretto?
When you want a concentrated coffee drink without additions or frills, you’ll order an espresso. This coffee shop staple is enjoyed around the world – ...read more
Can Australia Grow Its Consumption of Locally Produced Coffee?
Australia has a well-established specialty coffee scene, characterised by independent cafés and high coffee consumption levels. In fact, it’s estimated that over 384 Olympic sized ...read more