Why You Should Be Drinking Bird Friendly Coffee
You might see organic or fair trade certifications as you look for your next coffee, but bird-friendly brews will be harder to find …
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The Individuality of Taste
What factors contribute to the taste of coffee? Or rather, your perception of its taste? Will you taste the same notes as an expert? …
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Beer and Coffee: The Best of Both Worlds, with Prairie Artisan Ales – Part 2
Amongst all the great beers I mentioned in Part 1 of this post, there is one additional beer that resonates with me the most – Bomb! by Prairie Artisan Ales out of Tulsa, Oklahoma …
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Beer and Coffee: The Best of Both Worlds, with Prairie Artisan Ales – Part 1
On Lightyear we exhibit just how complex coffee is, from its composition to how it may be processed or roasted. The possible flavor and appearance outcomes of a brewed cup of coffee are seemingly endless. It’s much the same with beer. From ingredient sourcing, to chemistry, to fermentation, brewing beer is a maze of artistry, experience, trial and error, and hard science …
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Australia & Coffee, With Gumption Coffee
Conducting even a casual search of topics related to Australian coffee culture yields results with some pretty effusive language …
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Roasting and Intrinsic Flavor
Roasting is one of the final steps in the long journey that coffee beans take from being planted to sold or brewed …
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Global Coffee Exports vs. U.S. Roasting
As a global commodity, the market for coffee beans is large and dynamic, including dozens of exporting and importing countries …
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The Waves of Coffee
What wave of coffee is my latte from? That’s probably not a question you have asked at a coffee shop lately …
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The Future of Coffee Packaging – An Interview With Savor Brands
Just as coffee itself is an art and a science, so too is coffee packaging. Whether you’re a coffee newbie or aficionado, packaging is the first thing you will see as you research and explore different types of coffees and roasters …
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Why Traceability Matters
Traceability is a key part of understanding coffee and where it comes from – but why is that important? Why should we care? …
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Traceability and the Organic Certification
We see it everywhere we buy food: Organic. The label that tells us those foods we eat, grown in fields we’ve probably never seen, were cultivated in accordance with US Department of Agriculture organic standards …
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Why Coffee Is So Susceptible To Climate Change
As extreme weather events continue to produce historic floods, fires, and droughts around the world, it may seem rather inconsequential to talk about something like coffee, in these life-and-death contexts …
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