Sustainability Report Card

When we talk about coffee freshness, most of the discussion is around how to store it, when to grind it and how quickly to consume it. Often summed up neatly on the side of your bag of beans...

Originally posted to the Huffington Post on November 29, 2012. In the current age of going green and sustainability permeating every facet of our daily routine, the coffee industry is one th...

Well if you’re reading this, you’ve either stuck through Part 1 and Part 2 or you’re going to want to give them a scan before pushing on: Part 1, Part 2 Hopefully, you’re ready ...

You’ve seen it, we’ve all seen it… the barista in your favorite coffee shop weighs out a small volume of fresh beans, takes them to an overly large (and probably white) grinder and fid...

So, after wading through Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this series on tasting you must, by now, be an intrepid taste explorer.  You have a firm grasp on the difference between tastes and fl...

Originally posted on the Huffington Post on October 2, 2013. Sustainability in coffee means different things to different people, but at its heart, it’s about a healthy succession of t...

Originally posted on the Huffington Post on June 13, 2013. For those of us living outside of the tropics, coffee will never truly be ‘local.’ We don’t have the heat or alti...

I’ve been thinking about travel a lot lately – specifically travel to origin. A few months back while in Guatemala, I got to looking at some old photos from past trips, and found a photo...