Certain kinds of neighborhoods tend to attract craft coffee shops. They’re usually gritty, partially gentrified neighborhoods: the kind your parents would lock their car doors in. Show me a t
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.
Turkish Delight: Çekirdek Cafe Opens in Istanbul, Turkey
Brief History of Turkish Coffee If you had a cup of coffee this morning, you can thank the Turks. Coffee came to the West through Turkey as the Ottoman Empire expanded into the European continent.�
Cafe Review: Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe, AZ
It’s tough trying to sell coffee when the temperature outside is the same as a well steamed cappuccino, but Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe, AZ has a threefold recipe for success: source incredibl
Learn How to Brew a Chemex with Cartel Coffee
A CHEMEX BREW GUIDE from Cartel Coffee Lab on Vimeo. The Chemex German-born chemist Peter Schlumbohm had a simple goal: invent the best coffee maker ever. After several years of testing and prototy
Coffee in Dublin, Ireland: 3FE
The Book of Kells, James Joyce, pubs, The Guinness Storehouse. Dublin, Ireland is famous for a lot of things, and we think coffee should be added to that list. When we say coffee in Dublin, we do
How to Drink Black Coffee
Photo by Brian Moats As a barista, I firmly believe that people should drink coffee the way they most enjoy it, but a lot of people who want to drink black coffee don’t think they can. Part
Watch This Hypnotic Video from Chapter One
Chapter One worshipping coffee from Chapter One Coffee Berlin on Vimeo. When I visited Berlin earlier this year I was lucky enough to get a tip from a barista at The Barn about Chapter One, a new
Cafe Review: Můjšálekkávy in Prague
If there’s a city that actually lives up to American fairytale stereotypes about Europe, it is Prague. Walking the streets of Prague is practically an architecture history class: Gothic, Baro
Barista Parlor: Anchoring Nashville’s Coffee Scene
You’ve probably heard your favorite band being played in your local coffee shop, but you probably have never seen your favorite band there, unless your local coffee shop is Barista Parlor in
Why You Should Put The Barn On Your Coffee Radar
Over the last decade several cities have emerged as coffee destinations: London, New York, San Francisco, Melbourne, and Oslo immediately come to mind. These trendsetting cities are home to accla