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An Interview with the 2023 Brewers Cup Champion, Pairing Coffee and Cheese, and Seeking Out Sustainable Shops
2023 US Brewers Cup Champion Joe Jang: The Sprudge Interview By Seiji Nanbu for Sprudge “I was pretty emotional the first couple of days after it happened, and I was very surprised I won with such strong competitors. I was surprisi...
Uneven Extraction, Building Trust, and Easy Iced Coffee
Uneven extraction in coffee brewing By W. T. Lee, A. Smith, and A. Arshad in Special Issue on Food Physics by AIP Publishing “A recent experiment showed that, contrary to theoretical predictions, beyond a cutoff point, grinding cof...
Gesha Doesn't Win, Cold Brew's Profile, and Flavor Preferences
Coffee’s Quiet Battleground: Closing the Gap Between Industry and Consumer Flavor Preferences By Phil Beattie for Roast Magazine “There is a quiet flavor battle brewing, and the frontlines are somewhere between the coffee mug and t...
2023 US Coffee Champs, Espresso Precision, and Getting Serious About Sustainability
Here Are the Winners of the 2023 US Coffee Championships By Sprudge “Nearly 200 coffee professionals from across the country descended upon Portland, Oregon in hopes of winning a national title. It was a hard-fought weekend, especi...
Temperature Profiling Espresso, AeroPress Filters, and the Art of Small Talk
Understanding the genius of temperature profiling in espresso By Ben Mitchell for New Ground “Flow and pressure profiling are now well-established concepts in espresso brewing. The first involves manipulating the speed at which wat...
Female Coffee Farmer Photo Series, Coffee Color, and Coffee's Fourth Wave
The power of photography: Putting female coffee farmers on the map By Gabriella Oakley for New Ground “Despite women accounting for around 70% of the global coffee workforce, historically, leadership and decision-making in the industry have been...