Washed, Natural, Honey: Coffee Processing 101
Honey, dry, washed, pulped natural… do you ever look at your coffee packaging and wonder what on earth these mean? Or, perhaps more importantly, which...
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Do World Barista Championship competitors always need to practise with official equipment?
Every year, coffee professionals from around the world have the chance to compete and showcase their skills at one of the most celebrated events in the specialty coffee industry – the World Barista Championship. Like many other competitions in the coffee sector, the WBC relies on a number of sponsors to provide equipment, products, and funding to run the event. For competitors, this means they have to use specific espresso… read more
Every year, coffee professionals from around the world have the chance to compete and showcase their skills at one of the most celebrated events in the specialty coffee industry – the World Barista Championship. Like many other competitions in the… read more
Coffee Processing: Understanding Pulped Natural Coffee
Pulped natural coffee – what does that even mean? And how does it affect the cup sitting in front of you? If you find this...
Regulating Cherry Ripeness: Why You Should Think Like a Sommelier
What would you do if you wanted to improve your coffee? To infuse the beans with natural sugars and complexity that will be reflected in...
Processing Improvements: The Key to Specialty Grade Naturals
Natural coffees may be one of the oldest forms around, yet it’s only in the last couple of years that they’ve been able to enter...
What Is Coffee? A Basic Explanation From Seed to Cup
We consume over 2.25 billion cups of coffee all around the globe, every single day. An estimated two-thirds of U.S. Americans drink a cup of...
Controlled Fermentation: A Critical Step in Flavour Development?
If there’s one thing that we’ve got wrong about coffee, it’s fermentation. Traditional ways of thinking about coffee processing state that this stage has no...
Honey vs Natural Micro-Lot Coffee: 3 Ways to Avoid Water Pollution
What if I told you that in the coffee world, water causes immense damage? Yes, water. It sounds crazy, right? But massive amounts of water...
Specialty vs Commercial Coffee: 3 Key Processing Differences
What is it that makes specialty coffee so special? We know it’s much better quality than commercial-grade beans, but why? Is it picked off the...
Indonesian Wet Hulled Coffee: Your One-Stop Guide
Ever heard of wet hulling? If you have, did you wonder what on earth it actually means and what it has to do with coffee?...
Honey processing: everything you need to know
Have you ever wondered what honey processing or what it means? Or if it’s any better than the natural processed coffee you used last week?...