An Urgent Matter
I published the post below on Substack via the Coffee Curmudgeon site there, but I wanted to include it here as well, as part of the permanent record, so to speak. Kerri Goodman, Editor and Publisher of Coffee Talk also…
Organically Flawed
In the sense of its first meaning (1509, according to Merriam-Webster), the word organic described something intrinsic to the whole of a thing, and not incidental. As someone who has traveled to certified organic coffee farms, I have known for…
Might Specialty Coffee Finally Be Cut Adrift from its Market Moorings?
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…
Some (slightly re-heated) comments on Climate Change (& Coffee)
Warning: This post contains curmudgeonly chest-beating, credit-taking and self-serving horn-tooting that some readers may find objectionable; especially in view of the tragic situation that the author is claiming to have foreseen. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< First the chest-beating: in 1996 I was Christmas…