The Americano, famously, is said to have been invented when American GIs in Italy after World War II wanted their espresso watered down to American tastes. Today, the beverage is preferred by those
Category: Opinion
Coffee Trends We Hope Go Away in 2023
When we founded this website in 2012, we had a policy: positive reviews only. If we didn’t like something, we simply didn’t write about it. At the time, a lot of coffee journalism felt
Why Latte Art is Still Important
Latte art used to be overrated. When I first got into coffee culture, circa 2007, latte art was my sole metric for determining a good coffee shop. Of course, at the time my favorite drink was a car
Opinion: It’s Panama Geisha, not Gesha
The incredible story of how a few coffee seeds from Southwestern Ethiopia found their way to Panama and subsequently changed the entire coffee industry is well known, but worth repeating.