What Is Specialty Coffee, Really?

What Is Specialty Coffee, Really?

You can taste the difference long before anyone starts talking about scoring systems or origin notes. The first sip is cleaner, sweeter, more expressive. Maybe it reminds you of dark chocolate and roasted hazelnut, or maybe it lands brighter, with stone fruit or...
How Fresh Should Coffee Beans Be?

How Fresh Should Coffee Beans Be?

That first bag crackle when you open freshly roasted coffee is exciting, but it also raises a question a lot of people get wrong – how fresh should coffee beans be? The short answer is not straight out of the roaster, and definitely not months old. Great coffee...