Know Your Ingredients

Know Your Ingredients: Rice

Rice serves as a staple food in many cultures and provides sustenance to billions of people around the world. Today, we explore its history and how it plays a role in the coffee world today. […]

Know Your Ingredients

Know Your Ingredients: Earl Grey 

We explore the history of this industry favorite, how it’s made, and the unique ways it’s being incorporated into café menus. BY EMILY JOY MENESES BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Featured photo by Matt Seymor via Unsplash […]

Know Your Ingredients

Know Your Ingredients: Lychee

Aromatic, floral, and delicately sweet, lychee adds a special touch to any beverage. BY EMILY JOY MENESES BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo by Jamie Trinh via Unsplash Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere. That […]

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Know Your Ingredients: Pistachio 

Pistachio has roots in Central Asia and the Middle East but is becoming a café favorite in the Western specialty-coffee world. BY EMILY JOY MENESES BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Cover photo courtesy of Theo Crazzolara via […]

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Know Your Ingredients: Rambutan

Today we explore the unique fruit rambutan, including its mythology and how you can incorporate it into café beverages. BY EMILY MENESES SENIOR ONLINE CONTRIBUTOR Feature photo by Joyce Romero via Unsplash As someone raised […]