On a recent trip to visit my sister, I had the opportunity to visit the Chemex headquarters in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. You might be asking yourself, ‘Where in the world is Pittsfield’? It is a small town located in Western Massachusetts, about 45 minutes outside of Albany, New York. I just happened to be looking at [...]
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Costa Rica, Day Two
by Emily Bryant In my last blog I mentioned that we spent some time at the mill to see how coffee goes from a cherry to a green bean. I’ll start with a quick overview of the wet process and then take you on a photo tour of the mill. Coffee can be taken from [...]
What We Do In Coffee Shops
“What did she say to that?” I asked. “What could she say? She was caught with her hand in the cookie jar, as it were,” he replied, and he gestured toward the counter. I looked at the counter and shook my head. Had she known she was being watched, she might not have attempted [...]
Reviewing a Vintage Coffee Machine
by Andrés Castro, in Colombia For many years, I thought that beautiful Espresso machines, sophisticated programmable drip ones or other fancy artifacts to extract coffee were better if bigger. Last week, traveling around the Colombian coffee region I stopped by a traditional bakery and asked about their old and big coffee machine. In the past, [...]
