Hacking Decaf Coffee – The Swiss Water Story
Today, I want to break some walls down and talk about ‘Decaf Coffee!’ If you are like most people, you probably take a negative view towards Decaf. It does after all carry with it an extensive stigma.
Issue Previews
A Simple Cup of Coffee
It usually starts this way … with a really good cup of coffee, and if I’m alone, my eyes close around the past – a memory that takes me home to Texas…
Revisiting Haitian Coffee in the latest Issue – Extracted Magazine
On Haiti A little less than a year ago, I had someone email me. A reader of the magazine, she said she was embarking on a journey to Haiti, and wished to share the stories of the people in coffee there. She said “Coffee is my passion. What is so interesting …
How to Drink Espresso
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow do you drink espresso? I recall a time when to me, espresso was a mythical drink. It represented something high and mighty about coffee, the paragon of all that coffee drinkers aspire to enjoy. The golden elixir. Ambrosia. Except… I had no reason to think it wasn’t just a …
Take a Coffee Tasting Adventure
Though Valentine’s day has come and gone, the love of coffee will always be there! In the current issue – Coffee: The Perfect Romance – we took the opportunity to not only enjoy our love of coffee, but share with you some fun ways you can connect with others over …
What You Didn’t Realize About Your Coffee – Ft. Woodland Park Zoo and Caffe Vita
We ended 2015 and started 2016 with a powerful story and connection in coffee, featured in Issue 36. I am pleased to have the opportunity to showcase the struggle and meaning that often accompanies coffee – which we often never seen. This is a story of two communities, on opposite …
The AeroPress – Get In The Mind of Alan Adler
The AeroPress is a favorite tool amongst the world of coffee enthusiasts. Having been invented 10 years ago, the AeroPress has gone on to be used in a vast array of brewing styles the likes of which it’s inventor Alan Adler, never foresaw – though the inventiveness of enthusiasts and baristas …
The Cascading Effect of Direct Trade on Coffee
There’s a big change that has been happening in Coffee. This change is one that has taken a number of years to come to fruition…and it’s one that is causing rippling effects throughout the industry, and coffee culture in general. You’ve probably noticed the trend of light roast coffees… This …
Caffe Ladro and the Community of Coffee
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Jack Kelly of Caffe Ladro to hear and hopefully share his story. I was a little bit embarrassed because even though I’ve lived in Seattle for a number of years, I knew very little about Caffe Ladro. In my defense, Seattle has …
Slayer Espresso – Jason’s Favorite Memory …
In the latest issue of Coffee Lovers Magazine, I interviewed Jason Prefontaine, owner of Slayer Espresso. He gave a huge amount of wonderful insight into his life experience with coffee, deep concepts with espresso, and the development of Slayer. He also shared with us one of his favorite memories…. …