Last year Michigan’s Populace Coffee turned heads when they gave away a Mahlkönig EK43 in their Flight of Fancy contest. The competition entailed correctly identifying four coffees in a blin
Author: Michael Butterworth
Michael Butterworth is an authorized instructor of the Specialty Coffee Association and the inventor of the Etkin Dripper. He cofounded the Coffee Compass mostly as an excuse to visit more coffee shops. For consulting and training enquiries please visit butterworth.coffee.
Cafe Review: Mission Coffee Co in Columbus, Ohio
Mission Coffee Co. in Columbus’s Short North neighborhood is brewing up some top-notch, house roasted coffees.
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Origin Trip
Whether it’s ecotourism or direct-trade business relationships, more and more coffee consumers are making the pilgrimage to origin. But international travel isn’t cheap and you want to
Introducing the Dominican Republic’s First Specialty Coffee Roaster, Gente de la Isla
Coffee producing countries are beginning to roast and serve craft coffee. We recently came across an exciting new roastery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic that is introducing specialty coffe
Coffee a Fine Art at Collective Espresso CAC
Collective Espresso CAC is the third and most ambitious café from Cincinnati coffee veterans Dave Hart and Dustin Miller. Located in the lobby of Downtown’s Contemporary Art Center, the spa
Cafe Review: Astro Coffee in Detroit
If you’ve read anything about the city of Detroit in the last decade you probably know it fell on some pretty hard times. We’ll leave the commentary on the rise and fall of Detroit to e
Gear Review: Kyuemon Ceramic Filter
When choosing a filter, there’s always a sacrifice made. Paper filters provide the best clarity, but remove many of the oils. Metal or cloth filters improve the body, but leave sediment at t
Empire State of Grind: Erika Vonie Leads Expansion at Brooklyn’s Variety Coffee Roasters
One of the most rewarding aspects of competing in barista competitions is not the moment in the limelight or even the free swag, it’s the friendships one makes with other committed coffee pro
First Impressions: Acaia Lunar Scale
One of the benefits of having an amazing sponsor like Prima Coffee is that occasionally they ask us to help them test new products. Even better is when that new product is a piece of equipment we&#
Palace Coffee Shares What it Takes to be America’s Best Coffeehouse
Recent controversy around the cancelations of regional barista competitions by the SCAA has led to lively online discussion concerning the future of coffee competitions. Many voices are calling fo