L.A.’s year of great coffee

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...
SCR Coffee Supplier Tour

SCR Coffee Supplier Tour

Origin tours are important in the specialty coffee industry so that buyers can travel to growers’ estates and develop productive personal relationships, understand the foreign and complex inner workings of farms and local culture, as well as exchange information...
Coffee Adventures in Russia

Coffee Adventures in Russia

You may have noticed that I have been acting more strange than usual for the past couple of years: sometimes secretive, making occasional large and unusual purchase inquiries without too much detail, taking urgent phone calls at late hours and of course leaving my...