Someone wrote to me a few weeks ago and suggested that I write an “Onion” inspired piece for April Fool’s Day on some coffee-related topic. In the meantime, though, I had the opportunity to actually speak with COFFEE about the…
It has been some time since I have posted anything here. I have "thought I should" many, many times. I am now moved to say something when, ironically, I feel my voice, un-voiced for so long, was being misappropriated. Some…
There’s a lot going on in the world of coffee but the headline right now is this: The internationally traded prices for coffee have fallen dramatically over the past few months while at the same time, the outlook for the…
"Issue" Coffee and "Sustainability" and our appreciation of it... It’s well documented that our preconceptions of a gustatory product have a strong influence on our perceived appreciation of it (whether it be negative or positive). Those preconceptions can be bundled…
Yrgacheffe and a favorite coffee… (a follow up to my previous post, for those of you with looong memories!). As a curmudgeon I take it with high dudgeon (cute, huh?) that people appreciate the transient nuances and subtle differences of…