Category: Coffee
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The Story Behind The Rare Bernardina Coffee Varietal
These days, coffee aficionados know the most common types of coffee. Names like caturra, bourbon and the pricey geisha are now becoming commonplace. However, new types still make an appearance on rare occasions. This includes wild, naturally-occurring types called “varieties” and other types that are result of cultivation, called “cultivars”. Despite the wide variety of different types of coffees,…
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How Qima Coffee is Changing Lives in Yemen
The Specialty Coffee Association’s World of Coffee Expo is always a diverse event. Producers, roasters, equipment manufacturers and baristas from around the world all gather to socialize and network over great coffee. However this year’s edition, hosted in Amsterdam, was missing some a key contingent from one of coffee’s most important origins. Coffee farmers from…
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How Pachamama Coffee is Turning the Coffee World on Its Head
Pachamama Coffee is a third wave coffee company and then some. We all know third wave coffee producers are better than their mass-market peers. For one, the coffee is actually drinkable. Second, and more importantly, the coffee is often direct or fair trade and frequently organic. This means third wave roasters almost always pay more than…
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Like Water for Coffee: The Best For Your Brew
Like all beverages, and indeed most things on this planet, coffee is mostly water. So the quality of your water is central to the quality of your coffee. But what makes “good” water for coffee? We’ll get into it below. We’ll keep this post short, but if you want the basics even more quickly, check…
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How To Make Cold Brew Coffee At Home
Coffee steeped in a cool water rather than hot creates an entirely new drink – cold brew coffee. This unique – and now famous – style of brewing is touted for it’s smoothness and low-acidity. It can get pricey at some coffee shops, but it’s actually pretty easy to make yourself some at home. Here’s…