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Blue Bottle leans into rare species with new Excelsa releases

Aug

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Blue Bottle leans into rare species with new Excelsa releases

While specialty coffee has long obsessed over Arabica, Blue Bottle is breaking the monopoly by centering its latest releases on Excelsa. This rare variety accounts for less than one percent of global production and offers wild notes of lychee, papaya, and dark rum.

The elusive pursuit of the perfect Japanese iced coffee

Aug

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The elusive pursuit of the perfect Japanese iced coffee

Achieving a sublime, chocolatey flavor profile by accident is a brewer’s curse if you cannot replicate it through intent. While most enthusiasts obsess over grind size, a mere five-degree shift in water temperature often dictates the difference between perfection and bitterness.

Tactile Sensations Can Alter Your Perception of Coffee Acidity

Aug

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Coffee FactsCoffee Acidity, Cross-Modal Perception, Multisensory Research, Sensory Science, Specialty Coffee

Tactile Sensations Can Alter Your Perception of Coffee Acidity

The texture of your smartphone or a coarse wooden desk could theoretically influence the brightness of your morning brew. New research shows that touching smooth or rough surfaces can subtly rewrite how your brain perceives the acidity in every sip of coffee.

UCC Partners With ECOM To Regenerate Vietnamese Coffee Farms

Aug

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UCC Partners With ECOM To Regenerate Vietnamese Coffee Farms

UCC Group is transforming its role in Vietnam by moving beyond simple purchasing to actively architecting regenerative coffee landscapes. This pilot program replaces heavy chemical inputs with shade trees and carbon insetting to stabilize supply chains against climate volatility.

Samurai Shin Proves Grit Is Everything in Specialty Coffee

Aug

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Samurai Shin Proves Grit Is Everything in Specialty Coffee

After an injury ended his snowboarding career at twenty-three, Shinsaku Fukayama arrived in Melbourne with no English and zero barista experience. He transformed that struggle into a meteoric rise from dishwasher to the first Japanese winner of the Australian Latte Art Championship.

Why Tierralta’s coca-to-coffee revolution matters for specialty coffee

Aug

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Coffee FactsColombia, Project To Decolonize Coffee, Rural Development, Specialty Coffee, Tierralta

Why Tierralta’s coca-to-coffee revolution matters for specialty coffee

In Tierralta, workers once found that the illicit cocaine trade was the only economy willing to accept their labor without question. Breaking this cycle requires moving beyond small-scale premiums toward systemic policy shifts that make coffee a viable professional path for youth.

Troubleshooting the De’Longhi Primadonna Aromatic Flat White

Aug

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Troubleshooting the De’Longhi Primadonna Aromatic Flat White

The De'Longhi Primadonna Aromatic often produces a diluted latte instead of a true flat white because its presets prioritize milk volume over coffee strength. Reclaiming that velvety texture requires more than just adjusting foam settings to prevent a lukewarm, milky result.

Fining Agents and Funnels: A Norwegian Coffee Ritual from 1942

Aug

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Fining Agents and Funnels: A Norwegian Coffee Ritual from 1942

A recently discovered Norwegian manual from 1942 reveals a lost wartime ritual involving a specialized fining process to achieve perfect clarity. Instead of paper filters, brewers used clarifying agents and cloth bags to create a cup defined by its unique transparency and texture.

Jak Ryan Swaps Prepared Scripts for Live Adaptation Ahead of Panama

Aug

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Jak Ryan Swaps Prepared Scripts for Live Adaptation Ahead of Panama

After his table settings shattered days before Nationals, Jak Ryan rebuilt his entire competition setup using Home Depot shelving units. Now preparing for Panama, he is ditching rigid scripts to embrace live improvisation and authentic self-expression on the world stage.

Miranda’s Farm Claims Top Honor at Best of Hawai‘i Competition

Aug

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Miranda’s Farm Claims Top Honor at Best of Hawai‘i Competition

A natural-process Gesha from Miranda’s Farms has officially reshaped the landscape of Hawaiian specialty coffee by securing the top score in the Best of Hawai‘i competition. This landmark victory signals a shift toward sophisticated processing that spans every island.