Category: Beans

People love to act like choosing between blends and single origins for everyday drinking is some kind of high-stakes moral…

I used to think I was being smart by grabbing those massive 1kg or 2kg bags whenever they went on…

Stop buying those ridiculous, overpriced vacuum canisters that promise to freeze time. I spent years behind a bar watching people…

Stop buying expensive single-origin beans just to watch them die in a decaf process. I see people spending a fortune…

I saw another bag of peaberry beans in the shop today with a fancy gold seal and a price tag…

I remember sitting behind a busy espresso machine in Budapest, watching a customer complain that their “premium” bag of pre-ground…

I spent eight years behind a bar watching people pay five euros for a cup of coffee that tasted like…

I spent eight years behind a professional bar, and I can still hear the snobbish whispers whenever someone ordered a…

I spent years behind a bar listening to roasters drone on about how much altitude matters, as if saying “1,800…

I saw a bag of beans yesterday labeled with a process so complex it sounded like a chemistry final. The…