When reading the front and back of a coffee bag while waiting for it to brew, or for the water to boil for your French press, you may wonder what the labels and stamps mean on the bag. If you’re not brewing your perfect cup, it may be in the coffee aisle at the grocery […]
Since coffee isn’t a thirst quencher or a nutritional beverage, people often wonder whether it’s good for you. Of course, it gets you up and moving, more ready to embrace the day. . . or just deal with it. It also warms us up in cold weather. Coffee gets us chatting and generally peps us […]
Decaffeinated coffee causes conversations among coffee lovers. “When did you switch to decaf?” is asked around office coffee pots and while waiting for baristas to whip up coffee at a shop. Decaf is also a cause for conversations among family members on vacations or during the holidays. Well, maybe those are mostly debates and arguments! […]
Are single-origin coffees really better than blends? While many coffee aficionados rave about single-origin, there are actually several priorities to balance. There is no quick answer to: is single-origin worth all the hype? After we present all the factors, you can weigh single-origin coffee based on your preferences. Your own curiosities about flavor and origin […]
Coffee grown at high elevations has earned a reputation as being superior. Why is coffee that hails from high up in the mountains better? Since “better” is a vague opinion, we’ll go through how coffee plants behave differently at different altitudes. Elevation does affect the quality of the resulting coffee beans. Of course, we’ll explain […]
As the world’s population consumes more and more coffee, the top-producing countries will play an interesting role in determining the varieties available and prices. And the world does increasingly love its coffee! Coffee growth is concentrated in the coffee belt. Coffee only grows well in a limited region along the equator, yet people from pole […]
While coffee gets most people ready for the day, the supply chain that provides the coffee that powers us is more important than we realize. Before a bag of coffee arrives on a grocery store shelf, many lives have been impacted by the growth and sale of that coffee. We thought we’d delve into the […]
Nowadays, we purchase coffee from dynamic businesses fed by trade relationships we usually take for granted. From dragon fruit to maple syrup, to avocadoes, stores and shops offer a variety of non-native crops and plant-based products. Foods harvested in exotic places make their way to our stores thousands of miles away. They’ve been shipped from […]
