Specialty Coffee Auctions have become the principal marketplace for the best specialty coffees in the world. These are the main focuses of the third wave coffee producers and marketers alike. Events like “Best of Panama” and “Cup of Excellence” are held...

“We buy only the BEST coffee beans.” How many times have you heard that on TV or radio commercials? How does one define “the best”? This can be quite a controversial topic and some may even get emotionally involved. If there...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Lsaiv9mLxAWIV6osUv9w5?si=C9QO7yntTd-vzBT4XQkBbg In this week's episode of Coffee Nation, we sit down with Alfonso Tupaz, the Founder at Hatch Coffee. Alfonso shares his specialty coffee story from the beginning, starting with the first time he ever roasted coffee on a makeshift roaster to...

"It’s amazing how the world begins to change through the eyes of a cup of coffee."Donna A. Favors As the American Civil War came to its conclusion and coffee began to take a more permanent place in the lives of regular Americans,...

Many of us are familiar with the wonderful legend of how Kaldi the goat herder and his prancing goats discovered coffee around the 9th century. Did you ever wonder how and when coffee roasting came about? Was it when Kaldi gave...

Toronto is home to a myriad of different cultures, a cradle of economic growth, and a city full of incredible landmarks. Perhaps it isn’t easy to keep up with everything the city is buzzing with, but popular coffee shops in Toronto...

“I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.”Napoleon Bonaparte In the past few weeks, we have traveled through the lush forests of Ethiopia, marched through the deserts of Arabia, rode in carriages through the cities of Europe, traveled across the ocean...

The “new normal” has changed old coffee habits and fewer people are frequenting coffee shops after COVID-19. Many coffee enthusiasts are seeing this as an opportunity to hone their barista skills. If this is you, you may be encouraged to take...