We continue to explore global coffee drinks, focusing today on green-coffee extract and how it sparked the first wave of coffee beverages. BY CHRIS KORNMAN & SANDRA ELISA LOOFBOUROW SPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE Cover photo […]
We continue to explore global coffee drinks: Today we discuss café Touba, a drink that originated in Senegal and is enjoyed throughout West Africa. BY SANDRA ELISA LOOFBOUROW SPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE Photos by Evan […]
In Part One of this series, we introduced you to café de olla, a coffee drink native to Mexico. Now, we explore how the drink is tied to the Mexican Revolution and look at its modern-day […]
While coffee is new to some countries, others have been making coffee drinks for centuries. In this series, we explore global coffee traditions; we begin in Mexico with café de olla. BY SANDRA ELISA LOOFBOUROW […]
We bring back our series on coffee podcasts in an interview with Chris Deferio, award-nominated host of the Keys to the Shop podcast. BY LUKE DAUGHERTY SPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo courtesy of […]
Spilled drinks, misunderstood rules, and countless hours of practice—this is what first year coffee competitors go through. We revisit their experiences for stories that will inspire, motivate, and perhaps make you cringe. In this new series, we’ll […]
Our multi-part article “Life Behind Bars” examines the canon of coffee and cocktail service, where the two intersect, and what both fields can learn from each other—from quality of craft to hospitality and context. BY […]
The top six competitors at last month’s United States Barista Championship crafted some diverse—and tasty—signature drinks. We talked to the competitors, who shared the inspiration behind their drinks and how to make them at home. BY […]
In our last post, we talked about small cups—how cafes have decreased their coffee sizes. This time, we’ll explore the opposite phenomenon: cafes that chose not only to keep larger sizes, but have added them […]
Do you remember when you first started as a barista? Did you have to steam milk for 16, maybe even 20 ounce, drinks? We track the move from bigger to smaller cup sizes and how […]
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