The iced coffee season is upon us. And the good news is you too can perform barista-like miracles and learn how to make iced coffee at home. Well, you might believe this to be a silly lesson to be discussed at length here, but just wait a minute. What if we told you that you can make your iced coffee even more delicious and refreshing...

Overall, more than 200 million people grow coffee as a means of economic survival. Most estimates conclude that large coffee plantations make up only 20% of the world supply, with smaller farms (known in the business as smallholdings) accounting for the rest. Typically, a small farm depends solely upon coffee for its economic revenue and balances this with subsistence farming of a multitude of other...

French Press is the most popular method of brewing coffee. All it requires is a glass or sometimes aluminum jug with a mesh filter and plunger that firmly fits inside and can be pushed down, that’s the simple beauty of the French press, rich taste in the cup. The French press allows the brewing of coffee as well as making espresso shots. While a French...

Seasonal climatic variations coupled with climate change increasingly pose a major challenge to agricultural production and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. While coffee farmers in Vietnam, and globally, continue to adapt, the effectiveness of drought mitigation strategies is largely unknown. An improved understanding of the effectiveness and uptake of drought mitigation strategies is critical to ensure effective strategies are developed and utilized. Here, we assess...

Dalgona coffee—it started as a Tik Tok trend and now is served at coffee shops and restaurants. Is it worth the hype? Only one way to find out. If you've got instant coffee, sugar, and water on hand, you can make this. It'll go by faster if you have a hand mixer, but a humble regular whisk, one powerful arm, and a good dose of...

To be able to create a successful coffee shop you need to be interested in numbers. Some of them, at least.If you are like me and suffer to like or even understand numbers, I have a tip for you. Try to think the numbers are there to help you and serve you, not to make you confused or ruin your day. Remember there are many...

No business owner wants to fire their employees (who are not going to find other jobs right now) but to avoid that, they need money. Any sale they can make at this time will make the difference between keeping the business alive or closing down. Help save our beloved speciality coffee industry! Do you have a favorite local independent coffee shop? Perhaps it’s located near...

Coffee roasting is a complex process that involves the careful application of heat to green coffee in an effort to transform the basic stuff of life contained within each seed – sugars, proteins, acids, etc – into delightful aromas of roasted nuts, malts, chocolate, fruit, berries, flowers and more. We take great care with each coffee, blending scientific data logging with intuition and experience to...