Making “Good” Coffee: The Redwood Gospel Mission
Through participation in Redwood Gospel Mission’s certification program, men and women in recovery are taught to roast coffee as a skill they could use to enter the work force again as a coffee professional. By Max Bretzke, Redwood Gospel Coffee Co. For the past eight years, I have been riding a wave from a single experience. …
Emma Sage | Recipe for a Flavor Wheel
KitchenAid Innovates the French Press With Precision
Sponsored content provided by KitchenAid. Whether it’s sneakers or smartphones, water bottles or bikes, there are few places in our lives that aren’t touched by a constant flow of information and innovation: “Did you get the update on that new app?” “Dude, you’ve got to check out these new blue tooth headphones.” “It lets you …
Daterra Auctions Off ‘Masterpieces’ Honoring Brazilian Coffee Farmers
Sponsored content provided by Daterra. Every year at Daterra, we search our crop’s production for the very best coffees – we call them MASTERPIECES by Daterra. They are very limited in quantity, but we are sharing them with the world at our fourth online auction on November 22, 2016. The eight featured coffees represent Daterra’s …
Bill Ristenpart | How do we educate a new generation of coffee people? An academic perspective
Flavor Science: The Human Element
By Olivia Auell Humans are complicated. When we drink a cup of coffee, cues from all five senses turn into signals in the brain, travel through complex circuitry and produce what we call flavor. As you’ve probably realized if you’ve worked in coffee for a while, not everyone perceives the same thing when tasting …
When Coffee Cultures Collide—An Australian Outpost in L.A.
Sponsored content provided by KitchenAid. When KitchenAid decided to develop a video series—Get Something Brewing—that would feature contemporary coffee leaders and brewing trends, it was clear that Australian café culture had to be a part of the conversation. In that arena, few influencers have been more instrumental to Australia’s rising presence on the international stage than …
Talor Browne: Twice As Good For Half As Much – Gender Equality In The Workplace
“Gender discrimination and sexism is an uncomfortable topic”… “it’s up to all of us, men and women, to band together and make positive change” — extracts from an important #RecoDublin talk by Talor Browne, a 14 year veteran of the global specialty coffee industry and co-founder of the new Oslo roastery Talor&Jørgen.
Melanie Landthaler | Who’s Producing Your Coffee? – Gender Equality In Specialty Sourcing Strategies
Women are often responsible for the actual labor of coffee production, but rarely receive premiums or training to improve their livelihood and their work. In this #RecoDublin talk Melanie Landthaler, an independent sustainability consultant who has recently worked with Nespresso on gender equality in the coffee value chain, explains why this is a problem and …
Cerianne Bury: Competing For More – Women in Competition
Gender imbalance in coffee can often be extreme: this is apparent in barista competitions where women compete at a rate nearly three times lower than men. In this #RecoDublin talk, Cerianne Bury, Head of Quality at Trabocca, looks at how lack of support, lack of representation, and a number of other issues can create and …
Sarah Bennett | The Necessary ‘Beerification’ of Coffee
Sarah Bennett is a freelance journalist specializing in the culture, industry and business of craft beer. This talk is from the inaugural Bloom event in Los Angeles, CA.
Katie Carguilo | Quality is a Moving Target
Katie Carguilo talks about coffee quality at the inaugural Bloom event in Los Angeles in the Spring of 2016. Katie works in the coffee department for Counter Culture Coffee as the Quality Analyst for their west coast roasting facility in Emeryville, CA.