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What Single Origin, Single Farm, and Microlot Each Tell You About Where a Coffee Came From

What Single Origin, Single Farm, and Microlot E...

Coffee labels have developed a vocabulary of provenance, and it is used loosely enough that the words have started to blur together. Single origin sounds specific. Estate sounds prestigious. Microlot...

What Single Origin, Single Farm, and Microlot E...

Coffee labels have developed a vocabulary of provenance, and it is used loosely enough that the words have started to blur together. Single origin sounds specific. Estate sounds prestigious. Microlot...

What Really Happens at a Washing Station in the Twelve Hours After the Cherries Arrive

What Really Happens at a Washing Station in the...

A lot of the world's best coffee is not made on a farm. It is made at a building down the road from several hundred farms, usually next to a...

What Really Happens at a Washing Station in the...

A lot of the world's best coffee is not made on a farm. It is made at a building down the road from several hundred farms, usually next to a...

What Nitrogen Flushing Does to a Bag of Coffee Before It Is Ever Sealed

What Nitrogen Flushing Does to a Bag of Coffee ...

The one way valve on a coffee bag gets all the attention. It is the visible piece of technology, the little plastic circle that hisses when you press it, and...

What Nitrogen Flushing Does to a Bag of Coffee ...

The one way valve on a coffee bag gets all the attention. It is the visible piece of technology, the little plastic circle that hisses when you press it, and...

What Happens to Green Coffee During the Months It Rests Before Anyone Roasts It

What Happens to Green Coffee During the Months ...

There is a gap in the coffee timeline that almost nobody talks about. Harvest gets attention. Processing gets attention. Roasting gets an entire vocabulary. And in between the mill and...

What Happens to Green Coffee During the Months ...

There is a gap in the coffee timeline that almost nobody talks about. Harvest gets attention. Processing gets attention. Roasting gets an entire vocabulary. And in between the mill and...

What Development Time Ratio Is and Why the Minutes After First Crack Decide the Cup

What Development Time Ratio Is and Why the Minu...

Two roasters can buy the same green coffee, roast it to what looks like an identical shade of brown, and hand you two cups that share almost nothing. One is...

What Development Time Ratio Is and Why the Minu...

Two roasters can buy the same green coffee, roast it to what looks like an identical shade of brown, and hand you two cups that share almost nothing. One is...

What Changes Between a Ristretto, a Normale, and a Lungo When the Dose Stays the Same

What Changes Between a Ristretto, a Normale, an...

Order a ristretto and most people assume they are getting something stronger. Order a lungo and they assume it is weaker, a shot with water stretched through it, closer to...

What Changes Between a Ristretto, a Normale, an...

Order a ristretto and most people assume they are getting something stronger. Order a lungo and they assume it is weaker, a shot with water stretched through it, closer to...