Eating Coffee Beans in Business Week
A couple weeks back in Brooklyn, I sat down with journalist Benjamin Wallace to eat some coffee beans. He wrote an article for Business Week about “alternative” ways to get your coffee fix, including a...
View ArticleArticle on Varietals in Fresh Cup
There’s a nice article on coffee varietals in the new issue of Fresh Cup, including quotes from George Howell and yours truly! Check it out in print, or read it online here. The article begins on page...
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“Norwegian Coffee … Bad!”
Scandinavia is the epicenter of the world quality coffee movement. Last week I was in Stockholm drinking coffee and researching my Nordic roots. At the same time, on the other side of the great...
View ArticleRoast Profiling and Cupping
For the next three days I am in Marin County, California, teaching a class at Boot Coffee Consulting. The course is called Roast Profiling and Cupping. It combines information on sensory analysis,...
View ArticleInfluence of Soil Type on Coffee Flavor (Video)
Stage one of a long project studying the influence of soil type and weather on coffee flavor profile: on-site in Puerto Rico. The post Influence of Soil Type on Coffee Flavor (Video) appeared first on...
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Ethiopia Guide
I’ve been composing a rather long guide to buying coffee in Ethiopia. There are still a few more drafts to go through, but I thought it would be nice to post some of the information here on the blog....
View ArticleCommon Cupping Mistakes — Not Really Blind
These are some of the most common mistakes I have seen in cupping labs in my career. These are the problems that pop up again and again. Even when you warn people to prepare for the problem, they often...
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Cupping Coffee Like a Predator: Rules For Cupping and When to Break Them
When cupping and evaluating coffee, you have to become like a lion or a jaguar hunting its prey, honing the senses to the finest level possible . Human beings, like all primates, are extremely reliant...
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Upcoming Event: Coffee and Mind
Coming January 28th, to Metro Manila, a one-of-a-kind coffee event: Coffee and Mind I’m hosting this event in a beautiful and unusual location: Mozaic Living, a lifestyle and furniture store in...
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Playing Tricks on the Mind with Coffee
Big thank you to everyone who attended the Coffee & Mind event on Saturday at Mozaic Living. I was so impressed with the caliber of the people in attendance. Fantastic crowd! Special thanks of...
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