Coffee of The Day: Kaldi’s Coffee From Ethiopia’s Southern Kaffa Province
In honor of my visit this week to Ethiopia, the birthplace of Coffea Arabica, I am republishing a number of my special reports on this awesome country and its wonderful…
In honor of my visit this week to Ethiopia, the birthplace of Coffea Arabica, I am republishing a number of my special reports on this awesome country and its wonderful…
The birthplace of Coffea Arabica, Ethiopia’s coffee has always had a unique place in the market. Specialty roasters will have at least one or two different coffees from regions such…
Since coffee first was brought to Europe in the late 16th century via traders from the Ottoman Empire the beverage and enjoyment of coffee was a source of scandal. As…
Since the early beginnings of coffee growing across the “Niugini” highlands in Papua New Guinea selected seeds were imported from Jamaica’s Blue Mountain coffee region. Many in the coffee industry…
One of the best perks about being a coffee writer is the access and opportunity for sampling truly fantastic and rare coffees from across the world. That, combined with coffee…
NEW SPECIAL SERIES: When it comes to coffee history, few countries are more fascinating than India. Long one of the five or six biggest coffee growers in the world, India…
There is nothing that beats that special weekend pleasure of indulging in truly awesome coffees, and in honor of the project of the unique history of the coffee island of…
SpillingTheBeans’ Maja Wallengren with coffee producers in La Selva in Mexico’s Southern Chiapas Spilling The Beans is always thrilled to help when students from across the world and from all…
In the last decade an increasing number of coffee cuppers have started writing about the emergence of the “Geisha” coffee variety on the world market, and from cuppers – or…
Iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier In the spirit of the 4th of July weekend in the U.S. we’ll take another look at why coffee is SO important to the…