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, […]
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 […]
The first day of the third installment of Café Imports Barista Origin Trip kicked off here in Nairobi with a visit to the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. The NCE is where almost all of the coffee […]
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 […]
*Note: This article has been edited and includes several corrections. A few friends in the specialty-coffee industry have been buzzing to me for a while now about how the scene is growing, and growing fast, […]
Coffee prices (the C-market for Arabica) have hit a four five six seven year low. It’s trading today at just over $1.10 per pound for March 2014 delivery. In March 2011 it was trading at […]
I read a fascinating article in the New Yorker on the way to the Big Central barista competitions recently. It was in the Oct. 14, 2013 issue (aka the Money Issue), and it was about […]
After months and months of planning, Italian Barista Champion Francesco Sanapo’s project ”the Barista & Farmer Coffee Reality Show ”is happening! The 15 Italian barista participants are on the ground at Puerto Rican coffee producer […]
Italian Barista Champion Francesco Sanapo is a man with a mission ”many missions, actually. He’s a true ambassador for specialty coffee around the world, but for the coffee community in his home country especially. Francesco’s […]
From Sarah: When I was in Russia a few weeks ago, one of my most dear barista friends, Francesco Sanapo (reigning Italian Barista Champion, and 6th place finisher in the World Barista Championship), told me […]
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