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4 min readWhat is the best extraction system for small-ba...
Managing smoke is one of the biggest challenges for small-batch roasters. Machines like the Aillio Bullet move far more air than most people expect, and without the right setup the...
What is the best extraction system for small-ba...
Managing smoke is one of the biggest challenges for small-batch roasters. Machines like the Aillio Bullet move far more air than most people expect, and without the right setup the...
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5 min readAngola, coffee, and the long shadow of extraction
Angola’s relationship with coffee is often reduced to a simple rise-and-fall story. A former giant of global production, undone by war and instability, now trying to find its way back....
Angola, coffee, and the long shadow of extraction
Angola’s relationship with coffee is often reduced to a simple rise-and-fall story. A former giant of global production, undone by war and instability, now trying to find its way back....
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3-4 min readThe new CVA: who decides value in coffee?
This year’s move from the 2004 SCA cupping form to the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) is being presented as an overdue modernisation. But it raises a deeper question that has...
The new CVA: who decides value in coffee?
This year’s move from the 2004 SCA cupping form to the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) is being presented as an overdue modernisation. But it raises a deeper question that has...
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5-6 min readNovember Unfiltered: What's been happening behi...
Welcome to November’s Unfiltered. This month has been a big one behind the scenes. A lot of what we’ve been working on isn’t glamorous, but it’s important, especially as we...
November Unfiltered: What's been happening behi...
Welcome to November’s Unfiltered. This month has been a big one behind the scenes. A lot of what we’ve been working on isn’t glamorous, but it’s important, especially as we...
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4 min read
What is the best extraction system for small-ba...
Managing smoke is one of the biggest challenges for small-batch roasters. Machines like the Aillio Bullet move far more air than most people expect, and without the right setup the...
What is the best extraction system for small-ba...
Managing smoke is one of the biggest challenges for small-batch roasters. Machines like the Aillio Bullet move far more air than most people expect, and without the right setup the...
5 min read
Angola, coffee, and the long shadow of extraction
Angola’s relationship with coffee is often reduced to a simple rise-and-fall story. A former giant of global production, undone by war and instability, now trying to find its way back....
Angola, coffee, and the long shadow of extraction
Angola’s relationship with coffee is often reduced to a simple rise-and-fall story. A former giant of global production, undone by war and instability, now trying to find its way back....
3-4 min read
The new CVA: who decides value in coffee?
This year’s move from the 2004 SCA cupping form to the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) is being presented as an overdue modernisation. But it raises a deeper question that has...
The new CVA: who decides value in coffee?
This year’s move from the 2004 SCA cupping form to the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) is being presented as an overdue modernisation. But it raises a deeper question that has...
5-6 min read
November Unfiltered: What's been happening behi...
Welcome to November’s Unfiltered. This month has been a big one behind the scenes. A lot of what we’ve been working on isn’t glamorous, but it’s important, especially as we...
November Unfiltered: What's been happening behi...
Welcome to November’s Unfiltered. This month has been a big one behind the scenes. A lot of what we’ve been working on isn’t glamorous, but it’s important, especially as we...
4-5 min read
Beyond the C-price: rethinking power and risk i...
The rising C-price is dominating conversation in the coffee world. But a higher market price hasn’t translated into better livelihoods for most producers. The structure of the industry still directs...
Beyond the C-price: rethinking power and risk i...
The rising C-price is dominating conversation in the coffee world. But a higher market price hasn’t translated into better livelihoods for most producers. The structure of the industry still directs...
3-4 min read
What Trump’s tariff reversal means for the glob...
A turbulent week for U.S. coffee policy The past week has reshaped the coffee conversation worldwide. After months of volatility, the United States has removed almost all tariffs on green...
What Trump’s tariff reversal means for the glob...
A turbulent week for U.S. coffee policy The past week has reshaped the coffee conversation worldwide. After months of volatility, the United States has removed almost all tariffs on green...
