There’s something enchanting about spending a morning at a coffee shop. The humdrum of people, the coffee grinder at work, the sweet coffee aroma hitting...

Design is everywhere. It’s in the packaging of the coffee sitting on your counter. It’s in the art hanging on the wall in your favorite...

Are you dreaming of a café or coffee roastery of your own, but find the idea of running a business daunting? Or are you already...

A coppery-coloured espresso suspended over a transparent, bubbly bed of tonic water—it’s easy to see the appeal. Stumptown Coffee, one of the pioneers of the...

With third wave coffee shops everywhere, specialty coffee websites, specialty coffee associations, World Championships, and public cuppings, it’s easy to become insulated in third wave...

Like any business venture, opening a café can be risky. In Quito, where specialty coffee culture is nascent, the risk is even higher. While various...

Extraction is a word that sums up every coffee-making process in existence You add solid grounds into water, and voilà, you can enjoy an infused...

“Which customer ordered the extra hot skinny Ethiopian Albino? Extra hot skinny Ethiopian Albino? Oh, here you go.” “Thanks, mate.” “You’re welcome.” You’ve just read...

Understanding Consumer Behaviour For those who often host cupping sessions at cafés, I am sure you have come across the experience that I am about...

So you’ve decided to open your own coffee shop? And I assume not just anywhere in the world, but in a country that is producing...

I couldn’t really believe what I was hearing. If I understood correctly, I was being asked for a kickback so that this particular vendor would...

At the bottom of every menu in La Fábrica, you will find this sentence: “No aplicamos azúcar a ninguna bebida si no lo pide”, basically saying we don’t put sugar...

My first nine weeks in Guatemala were spent studying Spanish in Antigua – arguably the Latin American hotspot for coffee. Armed with my notebook to...

In this article series, I will explore coffee shop culture and what motivates coffee business decisions. We will look at a range of questions: How do consumer expectations drive these...

Insights from Successful Competition Organisers & Winners… Ximena Rubio – Organiser, Mexico (2015) ` “Organizing a championship is organizing a big bunch of people coming...