Coffee Department is a charming café and microroastery in Balat, Istanbul’s old Jewish quarter. Owner Metin Benbasat roasts all of the coffee in-house with a small 1.5 kilo Probatino.
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Will This New Tamper Change the World?
As any barista trainer will tell you, one of the most difficult barista skills to master is tamping. Sure, it looks easy enough. You just take the tamper and press down. But even the slightest inco
Buzzfeed Lampoons Coffee Snobs in New Video
We all have a friend who takes their coffee a little too seriously. If you read this website regularly you might be that friend. Who are we kidding? We are too. If you are, be prepared to take a we
Unwavering Hospitality at Nashville’s Steadfast Coffee
When was the last time you went to a coffee shop and felt like the star? While craft coffee has focused on improving the product, the customer experience has largely been overlooked. Nashville
Watch Coffee Trees Sprout in This Trippy New Video
What happens when you plant 100 coffee cherries you picked in Costa Rica? Turns out some pretty crazy stuff. Kávékalmár, the same creative team behind these genre-defining short films, just rele
Angels’ Cup Challenges Home Brewers to Develop Tasting Skills
Over the last couple of years we’ve seen a proliferation of coffee subscriptions, each offering a carefully curated, seasonal selection of coffees chosen to suite your taste. While we can con
Nine Reasons You Need Some Cafiza in Your Life
Are you tired of coffee stains on everything you own? Lucky for you there is a miracle substance known to every coffee professional worth their ‘spro and its name is Cafiza. No, unfortunately
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
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