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Understanding the Colombian Coffee Market
You’d think that a major reason why Colombian coffee is widely celebrated is that the country has just the right growing conditions for producing coffee...
What Can You Expect From Honduran Coffee?
There’s something called the Strictly High Grown (SHG) grade for coffees in Honduras. As you’ve probably guessed, it refers to coffees grown at a relatively...
All About the Tasting Notes in Coffee
Imagine being able to sip on your coffee and describe it as more than just “bitter” or “strong”. There’s so much more to the experience...
Blue Batak: What Placed Indonesia on the Global Coffee Map?
That Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks that everyone seems to like? Where do you think the term Java comes from? When commercialization of coffee surged...
Single Origin vs. Coffee Blends - What Should You Pick?
Unless you religiously drink coffee or are intrigued enough by the industry to learn about it, there’s only a small chance that you’d be familiar...
How Efficient is the Direct Trade Model
For the average coffee drinker, thoughts about how the coffee has been bought or what channels it has gone through before being placed on a...
Your Ultimate Guide to Pour-Over Coffee
Pour-over coffee. The term itself sounds pretty self-explanatory. But there’s a whole wealth of information you need to be armed with to truly appreciate the...
Liberica and Excelsa: The Coffee Beans
By chance or otherwise, conversations pertaining to coffee tend to be peppered with mentions of only arabica and robusta. Yes, they are two of the...
Specialty Vs Commodity Coffee: Is Specialty Coffee Worth the Price?
We talk a little about the number of reasons we pay more for specialty coffee and what’s the difference between specialty and supermarket coffee. Most...