Musings (# Specialty coffee)
Coffee Flavour Notes Explained
Tropical fruit punch, fresh passionfruit and lemon Calippo – if this were on a dessert menu it had me at tropical fruit punch! These flavour notes however were not something I spied on a menu but instead were used to describe my latest filter coffee...
Coffee Flavour Notes Explained
Tropical fruit punch, fresh passionfruit and lemon Calippo – if this were on a dessert menu it had me at tropical fruit punch! These flavour notes however were not something I spied on a menu but instead were used to describe my latest filter coffee...
Human ingenuity coming to the fore
A little like the owner of this Smart car whose solution, whilst temporary, combatted the clear and present danger of someone falling from the vehicle given the lack of a side door panel, so too are coffee farmers all around the world looking for solutions...
Human ingenuity coming to the fore
A little like the owner of this Smart car whose solution, whilst temporary, combatted the clear and present danger of someone falling from the vehicle given the lack of a side door panel, so too are coffee farmers all around the world looking for solutions...
Differences between Arabica and Robusta
Depending on your preferred coffee type in the morning the beans used may vary. In this brief article we highlight some of the differences between the two most dominant coffee species in the world – Robusta and Arabica. Robusta coffee is made from the beans...
Differences between Arabica and Robusta
Depending on your preferred coffee type in the morning the beans used may vary. In this brief article we highlight some of the differences between the two most dominant coffee species in the world – Robusta and Arabica. Robusta coffee is made from the beans...
Coffee Processing Explained
The label on every bag of specialty coffee beans includes information about the producer, the location, the variety as well as the processing method. The processing method relates to the treatment of the green beans once they have been picked and it plays a crucial...
Coffee Processing Explained
The label on every bag of specialty coffee beans includes information about the producer, the location, the variety as well as the processing method. The processing method relates to the treatment of the green beans once they have been picked and it plays a crucial...
Subscriptions to surprise
Following two years of a pandemic, where social movement was so severely restricted, new services and products came (and in some cases went) along that made our lives a whole lot simpler – gourmet take out, virtual working and teaching elderly parents how to connect...
Subscriptions to surprise
Following two years of a pandemic, where social movement was so severely restricted, new services and products came (and in some cases went) along that made our lives a whole lot simpler – gourmet take out, virtual working and teaching elderly parents how to connect...
When did coffee become synonymous with the phen...
In 2002, Trish Rothgeb first coined the phrase “third wave coffee” as a way to get consumers to engage more with the coffee industry but the phrase has stuck and the debate rages amongst many today as to whether we have entered into the fourth...
When did coffee become synonymous with the phen...
In 2002, Trish Rothgeb first coined the phrase “third wave coffee” as a way to get consumers to engage more with the coffee industry but the phrase has stuck and the debate rages amongst many today as to whether we have entered into the fourth...
Demystifying Specialty Coffee
The term "speciality coffee" was first coined in 1974 by a journalist writing for the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal and it was used to describe a movement that was just starting to take off. But what does it actually mean?
Demystifying Specialty Coffee
The term "speciality coffee" was first coined in 1974 by a journalist writing for the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal and it was used to describe a movement that was just starting to take off. But what does it actually mean?