Every day at SCA Expo in Portland I faced a conundrum. I knew I would drink far too much coffee on the trade show floor, but I also wanted to visit some of the coffee shops that make Portland, Oreg
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Will the Cafec Abaca Filter Make Your Coffee Taste Better?
It might be the one piece of coffee equipment you’re overlooking: the filter. After all: paper is paper right? You throw it away at the end of the brew. Well, it turns out that the filter has
Three Great Coffee Shops in Doha, Qatar
In 2022, the world watched as Qatar hosted the World Cup. We got there a little late to see Messi, but a long layover on the way to World of Coffee Dubai gave us a chance to check out the booming c
A Taste of Home: A Love Letter to the Aeropress Go
When the Aeropress Go premiered at SCA Expo in 2019, it barely registered for me among the crowded trade show. I already had a full-sized Aeropress and besides, traveling with coffee gear was all o
Nowhere: The Place for Modern Coffee in Milan
It’s a Sunday morning in Milan and the line to get inside Nowhere is halfway down the block. It’s something of a nightmare scenario for any barista; “in the weeds” in hospit
The 2022 Coffee Compass Holiday Gift Guide
And just like that, the holiday season is upon us once again. Lucky for you, 2022 has been something of a banner year for new coffee products. From the best new books to state-of-the-art new grinde
Drink Coffee Like a Local at Malabarista Café in Lisbon
What’s in a name? That which we call an espresso by any other name would still taste as bitter. This is certainly the case in Portugal where the concentrated coffee is known as bica, or like
Quills Coffee Opens New Jtown Location
Can any good thing come out of Jtown? I admit, as a former Louisville resident, when I first heard about my former employer’s plan to open a café in Jeffersontown, I was skeptical. Jtown is
London Calling: Our Top Seven London Coffee Shops
In 2009 Gwilym Davies changed the coffee world with a simple concept: the disloyalty card. Rather than rewarding his customers for only coming to Prufrock– then a pop-up inside a boutique – t
A Visit to Curve Coffee Roasters in Margate
It had been four years since our last visit to the UK, so when we attended the London Coffee Festival earlier this spring we were eager to hear from local baristas about their current favorite roas