The Coffee Hot Spot

Unpacking Coffee with Kandace and Ray: Stovetop Roasters

In this week’s episode of Unpacking Coffee, Kandace and Ray check in with the principals of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based roasting outfit Stovetop …

The Resuable Ameuus AeroPress Filter Is Mighty Fine

There isn’t any shortage of reusable coffee filters on the market today. For the AeroPress alone, there’s the DISK by the recently-acquired …

The Price Of Distortion: Speculation and Alternative Trade Models in Coffee

After my recent posts on the Scandal of the C-Price, I reached out to Adam Kline, founder and CEO of Coffee Unified, for his …

12 Incredible Moments From The 2018 New York Coffee Festival

It’s really something to witness Chelsea’s distinguished Metropolitan Pavillion transform into a patchwork quilt of New York City’s finest coffee companies. This …

California Appellate Court Delays Coffee and Cancer Warning Trial

A California court has stayed a trial that had been scheduled to begin today regarding whether or not companies selling coffee are …

SCA Podcast #25: Guatemala After the Fuego Eruption

On June 3rd, an unexpected eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala killed more than a hundred people and caused many more …

A New Fuel Cell Converts Coffee Wastewater Into Electricity

Farm-level efficiency has a sticking point in the coffee industry for some time now. Already battling against razor thin margins (that are …

Five Watt Coffee Provides the Buzz at Keg and Case Market in Saint Paul

Minneapolis-based coffee roaster and retailer Five Watt Coffee has opened within the Keg and Case Market in Saint Paul, Minnesota, providing a welcome buzz …

A Radical New Social Contract Concept from James Hoffmann

As famed coffee entrepreneur James Hoffmann proceeded through his keynote-like speech at the recent Let’s Talk Coffee event in Cartagena, Colombia, he …

6 Roasters, 5 Questions: Your Most Challenging Bean

Among the professional events that bring various factions of the specialty coffee community together over the course of a given year, few …