Category: Coffee Stuff You Should Know
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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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What’s in Coffee: Beyond Caffeine
That morning cup of coffee can feel like a life saver – it’s taste, heat and bite can wake you up and help you start your day or get you through that midday slump. We already know about caffeine – and that lighter roast coffees contain more of it – but what else is in…
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Big Craft’s Big Secret: Peet’s Coffee Infographic
There are lots of well-known craft brands in coffee, such as Blue Bottle, Stumptown, Intelligentsia. Before we all drink the “Craft Coffee” Hipster Kool-Aid, it’s worth looking into these companies to see if they’re really “craft”. That is why we made this infographic. Craft Sense team did little expose on the big conglomerates behind some…
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Starbucks Macchiato vs. Normal Macchiato
It seems like Starbucks is always adding new coffee drinks to its ever-growing menu. Founded in 1971, the coffee giant is still hugely popular and has made terms like “pumpkin spice latte” and “caramel macchiato” household names. One of Starbucks’ most popular drinks, perhaps because of its sweetness, is the macchiato. Yet you may not know…