France
Unofficial French Coffee Month
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 […]
Locales
Coffee Producers
Tragedy Strikes Finca Santa Maria in Colombia ”But You Can Help
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 […]
Colombia
Lecture Series by Colombian Coffee Hub Continues
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 […]
Coffee
The Congressman and the Coffee Community
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 […]
Education
James Hoffmann & Nuova Simonelli Offer Fascinating Seminar in Portland
In early 2012, after being selected by the World Coffee Events organization as the official espresso machine for the World Barista Championship (WBC) for 2012 “2014, Nuova Simonelli launched the first of its kind traveling […]
Portland
James Hoffmann In Portland Today for Nuova Simonelli Event
It’s hard to believe the SCAA show in Boston ended on Sunday ”feels like forever ago. The explosions that took place at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday were incredibly tragic, and we’ve […]
Cafés
Breaking Bad at Birch: Cold Brew Brouhaha
We are in love. These amazing photos landed in our inbox this morning, and we had to stop everything to gawk at them. Two of our favorite things come together: cold brew coffee and AMC’s […]
Los Angeles
A Users Guide to the L.A. TNT 2013 Circuit
I’ve been having some great conversations with Todd Goldsworthy of Klatch Coffee, who is the organizer of the new series, L.A. TNT, set to take over Southern California. Todd’s an organized dude, and he’s putting […]
Coffee Producers
Colombia Pulls Off a World-Class Event (Again)
History was made in 2011 in myriad ways: the site of the 2011 World Barista Championship was for the first time a producing country; and the guy who won the contest that is recognized […]
Moscow
Nuova Simonelli’s Coffee Education League Descends on Moscow
Ah, Moscow… it’s such an amazing city. I’ve had the good fortune to travel there twice to spend time with barista champions from around the world as they took over Red Square in a coffee-making […]