While Unpacking Coffee has exclusively focused on roasters since its debut, its 71st episode heads further into the coffee chain as Kandace and Ray chat
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Now a household name among home coffee connoisseurs and professional coffee people alike, Baratza may never have existed if not for a non-compete clause signed
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Two of the biggest minds around the specialty coffee industry have tackled one of coffee’s most complicated, misunderstood and timely topics in a new miniseries
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In an era when most specialty coffee companies are working towards inclusion and accessibility to draw more drinkers into the fold, one coffee equipment maker
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This week, Kandace and Ray return from Iceland, where in between chasing waterfalls, dodging geysers and staring awestruck at strange and desolate landscapes, they managed
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A small coffee joint between Alexandra Park and Little Italy in central Toronto features a design element that flips traditional coffee retail design upside down
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As the echoes from the final episode of Game of Thrones reduce to wintry whispers, another series is proving itself to be evergreen, full of
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Most brands go it alone, offering a strict set of logos, colors and catch phrases designed to collectively draw your eye and say, “Please pick
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At Central City Coffee in Portland, Oregon, every bag sold translates into a little bit of hope — not for profit, but for the people
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The nickname Stumptown for the coffee mecca Portland, Oregon, has its roots, so to speak, as far back as the mid-1800s, when the removal of
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Sometimes I fear I am aging without grace. Though this is not yet a condition formally recognized by the medical community, its primary symptom is
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After a 2018 full of shenanigans mixed with some serious insight, Kandace and Ray are back for a brand new year of Unpacking Coffee. First up
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After a 2018 full of shenanigans mixed with some serious insight, Kandace and Ray are back for a brand new year of Unpacking Coffee. First up
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After a 2018 full of shenanigans mixed with some serious insight, Kandace and Ray are back for a brand new year of Unpacking Coffee. First up
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Under the umbrella of “prices” come any number of other important topics: Cost of production, profitability, futures contract lengths, supply and demand fundamentals, shifting financial
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We identified green coffee prices as the top coffee news story of 2018 in our introduction to our 2018 Year in Review series, so it’s
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Most importers bring exciting news each month about what seasonal green coffees they have to offer. Yet importing companies themselves are also occasionally the focus
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The coffee trade weathered some remarkably swirling winds in 2018. While political instability among various producing and traditional importing countries disrupted some traditional trade channels,
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Global coffee production experiences tectonic shifts time and time again. In recent decades, examples might include the emergence of Chinese arabica or Vietnamese robusta, or
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I’ve often heard the argument that the word “sustainability” has been overused for so many applications in the coffee world that it’s lost all meaning.
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