Specialty Coffee
The Sri Lankan Phoenix: Coffee’s Rise From The Ashes
We’ve come to the second instalment of the Sri Lankan coffee saga, and if this isn’t a story fit for the big screen, it’ll at least make an interesting National […]
SRI LANKAN COFFEE: THE GLORY YEARS
I don’t think of coffee straight away, or at all when I think of Sri Lanka. I think of tea, of rolling green plantations, of elephants and peacocks, tuk tuks, […]
SUPERNATURAL COFFEE
The definitions of ‘super’, according to the definitive source of definitions Wordhippo.com, can be defined as: Super (ˈsü-pər ) Adjective 1. Of excellent quality, superfine. 2. Better than average, better […]
GIVE THIS A CRACK WITH YOUR NEXT LONG BLACK
It felt controversial at the time, actually it feels controversial now, but a little whiles ago I wrote an article busting the myth that crema is the sign of a […]
HUILA OR WON’T YA?
Of course you huil. Huila is delicious. It’s very likely you’ll have sipped many a cup from this luscious region before, delighting in its rich, brown sugary sweetness and stone […]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOURBON
When a description of the widely produced coffee varietal Bourbon begins with “It’s a tall variety characterized by relatively low production, susceptibility to the major diseases (of leaf rust, berry […]
COFFEE IN TIMOR LESTE
Timor Leste has a turbulent history, and one I know very little about. This should be surprising considering how close a neighbour Timor Leste is to Australia, but also considering […]
JAPANESE ICED FILTER METHOD
It’s very cold in Japan right now. It’s very warm in Australia right now and we’re in need of a cold beverage. I would say that’s a perfect match. Japanese […]
Making coffee for the Christmas crowd
If you are a barista, you may have made the mistake of spending the holidays with a group of friends or family whilst being a barista. As all your friends […]
What happened at MICE stays at MICE.
Not really, here’s what happened at MICE: A lot (really a lot – record numbers) of coffee professionals and enthusiasts and tourists had a wander around the Melbourne International Coffee […]
IT’S THE VIBE (IT’S VOLUMETRICS)
There is a romance that surrounds coffee, an Italian classical soundtrack, steam dancing from the ceramic cup that nestles snugly in your hand while you languidly brush the flaky croissant […]
Blended Treasure
Blend’s are a roaster’s bread and butter, their cappuccino. We nerd out on single origins (nothing wrong here) and their flavour profile, altitude, extraction methods, varietals geekery, but where oh […]
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