Story and photos by Bethany Hargrove It’s no secret that Portland, Ore., is a big coffee town. And yeah, there’s a lot of great coffee happening there. But what many folks don’t realize is that […]
By Jeremy Martin Many of us who have a passion for specialty and small batch coffees have made it one of our life’s goals to spread our enthusiasm to as many people as possible. We […]
We’ve been really excited about a new roaster in the San Francisco Bay Area, Paramo Coffee Roasters, for a few reasons: we love their philosophy (“be nice to people” ”pretty simple), we love their location […]
Editor’s note: Many of us in the international specialty coffee community are gathered here in Melbourne, Australia, for the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE), and when we’re not at the show, we are trying to […]
This is part 2 of a 2-part story. You can read part 1 HERE. By Jeremy Martin CJ Speelman came to the Arbor Lodge hoping to carve out a career path in coffee, and though […]
This is a two part look at Portland, Oregon’s the Arbor Lodge and its sister nonprofit Vocoform. By Jeremy Martin Scott Davison likes to say that good coffee makes good conversation, and great coffee makes […]
I was in Colombia earlier this month working on a story for the April + May issue of Barista Magazine, and I had a few free hours in Bogota before my flight back to the […]
When I was in Milan, Italy, last October for La Marzocco’s Out of the Box event, a new cafe had just opened up pretty close by called Taglio. I heard the name bandied about a […]
The recently announced debut of the DC Disloyalty Card ”which is a business card-sized note that earns card-holders discounts at some of Washington, D.C.’s best coffeehouses ”has made big news, landing coverage in The Washington […]
We sure have known Billy Wilson for a long time… I first met Billy at his very first barista competition back in 2002 at NASCORE. Eleven years later, he’s all grown up and has made […]
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