Thursday Night Throwdown

Happy Holiday TNTs in the NW, SE, and NE!

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, it kind of means, whether you’re working or not, that it’s a whole holiday week ”this year, falling between December 23 and December 27. And even if you […]

Cafe Imports Origin Trip - Kenya 2013

Café Imports Barista Origin Trip “ Kenya Day 3

The third day of the  Cafe Imports Barista Origin Trip kicked off this morning from the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri, Kenya as we all clambered aboard our souped-up LandCruisers and headed out for another day […]

Luminaries

Losing Nelson Mandela

Though he was never directly associated with the coffee industry on his home continent of Africa, Nelson Mandela ”who died today at age 95 ”and his life’s work as an anti-apartheid icon, social visionary, and […]

Coffee

What does coffee signify?

I read a fascinating article in the New Yorker on the way to the Big Central barista competitions recently. It was in the Oct. 14, 2013 issue (aka the Money Issue), and it was about […]