The emerging coffee markets of China, India, Russia and the Middle East
The January / February 2012 issue of Roast Magazine includes a feature Specialty Coffee's New Frontier article about the emerging coffee markets of China, the Middle East, India and Russia titled, "The New Frontier." This handy introduction to regions shaping the...
L.A.’s year of great coffee
Some will look back at 2011 as the year of sweeping political change in the Middle East and Egypt, or as the year that a 9.0 earthquake killed at least 16,000 people and triggered a dangerous nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, or even as the year that the...
The Ethiopian bulk coffee shipping directive
Most of us who buy, roast or prepare specialty coffee recoiled in horror upon hearing the Ethiopian government's plans earlier this month that would require all coffee leaving the country to be shipped in 40,000 lb bulk cargo containers rather than ordinary 60 kg...
Korean coffee market continues boom
Coffee consumption in South Korea continues its rapid growth, according to the Korean International Trade Association, who today reported coffee imports totaling $508 million for the first 10 months of 2011. By comparison, the total for all of 2010 was $307 million. A...
Holiday coffee gifts for the coffee nerd
'Tis the season of lists: all of the things that happened this year, all of the things predicted to happen next year and, of course, everything that you should run out and buy right now. Dear Coffee I Love You got in on the gift listing action after Thanksgiving with...
Ryan Willbur’s top 10 things in coffee 2011
Ryan Willbur of United States Barista Championship and other coffee industry fame has compiled his own top 10 list of coffee happenings in 2011, among them (#8) Pete Licata winning the US Barista Championship this year in Houston and you'll never guess what is #1....
Kopi Luwak coffee: curiosity kills the civet cat
Kopi Luwak coffee. You've heard of it before: the coffee consumed and excreted by palm civet cats in Southeast Asia, washed off by resourceful locals, and served by annoying dinner hosts to their unsuspecting guests for the sole purpose of declaring, "Guess what you...
Hula Daddy: Kona Coffee Farmers at the Crossroad
Karen Paterson of Hula Daddy Coffee today published an amazing blog article about the state of coffee in Kona that should be read by all with interests in Hawaii and its signature coffee growing origin. The article, titled Kona Coffee Farmers at the Crossroad...
Why specialty coffee needs Francesco Sanapo
Last week while paging through the October 2011 issue of Bon Appetite magazine, I nearly fell off of my chair. Staring right back on page 25 was the smiling face of a friend, Italian Barista Champion Francesco Sanapo. Francesco is the face of an advertising campaign...
Spasskaya Tower Festival 2011: A Red Square Recap
It's been just over 1 month since we left Moscow's famed Red Square, site of the 2011 Spasskaya Tower and International Coffee Festival. I still find myself in a state of disbelief or maybe denial: did it all really happen? As quoted today by Sprudge,...
Coffee: The Greatest Addiction
This coffee video, and specifically caffeine in coffee, has been been floating around the web for a few months now, but I had not seen it until this morning when a friend forwarded the link. The video has several hundred thousand views on YouTube... and with good...
Nation’s Best Coffee Companies
Fortune Magazine published an extensive feature profile of Blue Bottle Coffee as well as a a companion list of the best coffee companies in America, with the assistance of industry veteran Ken Davids. What I like most about this list of best coffee companies is that...