What Is Natural Processing? How the Sun Turns Coffee Cherries into Flavor Before coffee ever reaches a roaster, it goes through one of the most important — and often overlooked — stages of its journey: processing. The way a coffee cherry is handled after harvest has a profound effect on what ends up in your […]
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Why Freshly Roasted Coffee Isn’t Always Ready to Drink The degassing period catches almost everyone off guard. Here’s what’s actually happening inside your bag — and how to get better coffee by simply knowing when to brew. You walk into a specialty coffee roastery. You pick up a bag printed with last week’s roast date.
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Which Alt Milk Is Best for Coffee? The Science Your Barista Already Knows Walk into any specialty café today and you’ll find at least two or three alternative milk options on the menu. Oat milk. Almond milk. Soy. Maybe even macadamia. But ask most people why they choose one over another and the answer is
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Why Your Barista Won’t Steam Milk Above 70°C (And Why It Matters for Your Coffee) “Extra hot, please.” — Sound familiar? If you’ve ever ordered a latte and asked for it extra hot, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common requests baristas hear every day. And while we completely understand the desire for
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Living in the Tropics? Your Coffee Is Going Stale Faster Than You Think Most of the coffee storage advice you’ll find online was written by people living in London, Melbourne, or Portland. Places with average temperatures of 15–20°C. Places where humidity sits around 50–60%. That advice — keep your coffee in a cool, dry place
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Roast Date vs Expiry Date — Are You Reading the Right One? Pick up a bag of coffee at a supermarket and you’ll find an expiry date printed clearly on the back. Pick up a bag of specialty coffee from a good roaster and you’ll find something different: a roast date. These are not the
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Should You Seal the Valve? Whole Beans vs Ground Coffee If you’ve been reading coffee forums long enough, you’ve probably seen this debate: should you tape over the one-way valve on your coffee bag? Some people swear by it. Others think it’s unnecessary. A few have tried it and noticed their bag started looking oddly bloated.
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What Happens to Your Coffee Bag on a Plane? You’ve just landed in Kyoto, or Chiang Mai, or a small town in Ethiopia. You found an incredible local roaster. You bought two bags. You’re bringing them home. You check them into your luggage, board the flight, and somewhere over the South China Sea — something
That Little Circle on Your Coffee Bag Is Not a Sniff Hole You’ve seen it. That small, round bump — sometimes with a tiny slit in it — sitting on the front or back of almost every bag of specialty coffee. You may have even pressed it, sniffed it, or quietly assumed it was some
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Have you ever wondered why an Ethiopian coffee tastes like blueberries while a Colombian cup reminds you of caramel and nuts? Or why Yemeni coffee carries a winey, almost chocolatey depth unlike anything else in the world? The answer lies in origin — and understanding it is one of the most rewarding journeys any coffee
