Following a familiar upward trajectory from home brewing to home roasting to full-fledged commercial roasting, Peak City Coffee is approaching new heights in Apex, North Carolina. Making its first sale…
Month: November 2021
Three Questions with Mickey McLeod of 25-Year-Old Salt Spring Coffee
As it celebrates a quarter century in business, the progressive Canadian roasting company Salt Spring Coffee is focused on its roots, which are deeply embedded in environmental sustainability. The British…
Argentina’s Alex Coffee Roasters Feels Right at Home in Brooklyn and Miami
A specialty coffee concept under the name Alex Coffee Roasters has boomeranged from the United States to Argentina and back again, with two new shops recently opened in Brooklyn, New…
Would You Pay $1,000 For A Cup Of Coffee?
Are there free refills at least?
18 Holiday Coffee Blends For Gifting And Drinking
Tis the season for holiday blends.
Can You Overdose On Coffee?
The answer is complicated, but mostly no.
Study Associates Coffee Drinking with Less Sleep, More Steps
A randomized trial designed to understand the real-time, short-term effects of caffeinated coffee consumption found good news and bad news for coffee drinkers. First, the bad news: Coffee drinkers were…
Countertop Coffee Roasting Tech Startup Griin is Now Ansā
Israeli coffee roasting machine technology startup Griin has changed its name to Ansā (styled ansā by the company), the result of a comprehensive rebranding as its machines head closer to…
Beans Speak Volumes at Memoirs Coffee in East Tennessee
If flavor and aroma linked to terroir and post-harvest processing are like memories of coffee’s origins, a new roasting company called Memoirs Coffee hopes to make every cup an open…
Mazzer Goes Manual with the Home-Focused Omega Grinder
Coffee grinder manufacturer Mazzer has rolled out its first grinder explicitly for the home market: the Mazzer Omega. The Omega is also the first manually operated, non-electric coffee grinder ever…