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Peixoto Coffee Redefines Direct Trade in Chandler, Arizona

  • Michael Butterworth
  • July 26, 2021
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The specialty coffee community often celebrates direct trade: when coffee roasters buy their coffee directly from farmers without utilizing a trader. In theory, the practice ensures more of the pro

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Kahverengi Roastery Opens Istanbul Café

  • Michael Butterworth
  • March 24, 2021
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Just over five years ago I learned that Turkey would be hosting a Q grading course for the first time, and that it just so happened that it was going to be the week after I already was going to be

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The Zurich University of Applied Sciences Announces New Post-Graduate Certificate in Coffee Excellence

  • Michael Butterworth
  • March 1, 2021
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The Zurich University of Applied Sciences has announced a new post-graduate certificate in partnership with the Specialty Coffee Association. According to the SCA’s press release. the CAS in

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Designing the April Pour-Over Brewer: An Interview with Patrik Rolf

  • Michael Butterworth
  • February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
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Roaster. Consultant. Podcaster. There’s not much Patrik Rolf hasn’t done when it comes to coffee. Originally from Sweden, Rolf made a name for himself as a coffee roaster in the Berlin

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Amal Yemen Raises Awareness, Funds for Yemen

  • Michael Butterworth
  • February 22, 2021February 25, 2021
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The country of Yemen plays an indispensable part in the history of coffee. The vast majority of commercial coffee varieties first came to Yemen from Ethiopia before spreading around the world. In f

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Coffee Community Buzzing About Oatly’s Super Bowl Ad

  • Michael Butterworth
  • February 8, 2021
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It’s safe to say that Oatly, the one-time plant-based milk darling of the specialty coffee community, has officially gone mainstream with their recent Super Bowl commercial. The commercial fe

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Five Coffee Resolutions for 2021

  • Michael Butterworth
  • January 1, 2021
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Unless you were already a billionaire when 2020 began, this last year was probably a rough one for you. Nothing has magically changed now that the calendar has reset, but that doesn’t mean the sy

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A Farewell to Fresh Cup

  • Michael Butterworth
  • October 22, 2020
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I remember realizing this spring that coffee shops I knew and loved would not survive the pandemic. It especially hit home when Quills Coffee shuttered their U of L café— a shop where I had logg

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Iced Coffee: A User Guide 

  • Michael Butterworth
  • July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
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Every day for the last six years, the majority of traffic to this humble coffee website has come from a simple Google search: “how to make cold brew with a French press.”  The data reveals a s

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Coffee in a Time of Corona Virus: Cup of Joy Opens New Istanbul Café

  • Michael Butterworth
  • June 11, 2020
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Istanbul, like much of the world, has spent the last three months locked down due to COVID-19. Coffee shops, along with bars and gyms, were some of the first businesses to be shut down by the gover

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