Caffeine Crawl

Caffeine Crawling in Sunny San Diego

I envy you ”you know who you are. You’re the people signed up to attend the Caffeine Crawl in San Diego on Saturday, January 25. Not only are you going to catch some serious Vitamin […]

China

Wanna go to Shanghai?

We do! The HOTELEX Shanghai and EXPO Finefood events are going to be amazing! It takes place March 31 to April 3, and will include, like,  the events of the country’s coffee industry. These include: […]

Cafe Imports Origin Trip - Kenya 2013

Café Imports Barista Origin Trip “ Kenya Day 3

The third day of the  Cafe Imports Barista Origin Trip kicked off this morning from the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri, Kenya as we all clambered aboard our souped-up LandCruisers and headed out for another day […]

Cafe Imports Origin Trip - Kenya 2013

Café Imports Barista Origin Trip “ Kenya Day 2

The group of barista champions, international coffee folks and locals loaded into our beefed up Toyota Landcruisers and headed north out of Nairobi. After sitting for hours the day before in the capital’s notorious gridlock, […]

San Diego

We Heart San Diego

I’m totally crushing on San Diego right now. Could it be because it’s around 18 degrees F in Portland right now? That has a lot to do with it. But besides beautiful sunshine and stunning […]

Brazil

More then Half a Million for Brazilian Farmers

Great news from the Alliance for Coffee Excellence and the Brazil Specialty Coffee Association: this year’s Cup of Excellence (COE) Early Harvest live auction raised more than $516,000 for the country’s COE-winning farmers ”that’s an […]