For the past two years, the Russian specialty coffee company Soyuz Coffee Roasting has been exponentially increasing consumer awareness and appreciation of gourmet coffee through an entirely unique event: leave it to a Russian company […]
I had a total blast getting to know and hanging out with the crew from Single Origin Roasters out of Sydney, Australia, when we were in Melbourne for the World Barista Championship in May. They’re […]
Our dear old coffee friend Dan Griffin contacted us recently about a new project he’s involved with: bringing top Guatemalan coffees to Portland (and later on, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago ”stay tuned!). Dan’s […]
We had a little treat here last night here in Portland (and no I don’t just mean the NBA draft). The TNT NW team came to town and threw down a throwdown at Ristretto […]
That’s right, folks: time for me to start brushing up on my weak-kneed French. That there above says “Cool/Stylish Parisian Cafes.” I think. The Specialty Coffee Association of Europe’s annual World of Coffee event will […]
Last Thursday marked the first of the Central American Cup of Excellence auctions of the year, with Honduras up to bat. Twenty-two farmers who had entered this year’s competition gathered together at the Instituto Hondureño […]
I hereby deem this the unofficial month of specialty coffee in France. There are a bunch of reasons for this, which I’ll reveal bit by bit in the coming weeks, but to start it all […]
Jeff Taylor, who co-owns PT’s Coffee Co. in Kansas, was on a buying trip to Colombia last week with his wife, Maritza, when tragedy struck. As Jeff writes eloquently on PT’s blog, “Our Thursday flight […]
Ever since the World Barista Championship was held in Bogotá in 2011, the Colombian Coffee Federation has doubled, tripled, quadrupled its efforts to provide access to education for everyone along the chain, from producer to […]
Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the third installment of a Business Issues Forum for Coffee Roasters here in Portland. It was convened by our Congressional Representative Earl Blumenauer and held at the Stumptown […]
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