Fostering an Authentic Experience: The True Value of Specialty
By Lily Kubota, Content & Communications Manager, Specialty Coffee Association of America If there is one thing about coffee that you can count on, it is change. Coffee is an ever-evolving, amorphous concept….
A New Craft Era: Parallels, Perils, and Possibilities
By Christopher Schooley, Coffee Roaster, Coffee Shrub I currently live in the middle of America in a fairly small college town, however, I used to live in another town in the middle of…
The Gestalt of Gratuities… The Context of Tips… The Background on Bakshish…
By Tim Castle, Author & President of Castle & Co. Supposedly, the term “TIP” first came into use shortly after the founding of London’s Lloyd’s Coffeehouse in 1688. Perhaps apocryphally, the word is…
(Specialty) Coffee and Our Health
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, Specialty Coffee Association of America We have been hearing a lot of chatter lately in the popular media about the health effects of coffee. Generally, it is…
Adaptation: A Brief Look At Changes In Specialty Wholesale Roasting
By Steven Lee, Director of Coffee Quality and Education, Groundwork Coffee Not too long ago, the world of coffee was simpler. Coffee was coffee back then. It came served in nondescript cups. It came…
With Age Comes Wisdom: Smart Growth in Today’s Economy
By Mary Allen Lindemann, Co-Founder, Coffee by Design Of course your business is doing well. Everyone needs coffee. We hear it from customers every day as they enter our bustling coffeehouses. Although it…
Over the Counter: The History and Future of the Barista-Customer Relationship
This article was written as a collaboration between long-time baristas and coffee professionals Lorenzo Perkins and Michael Harwood. This informal interview covers their views of where we are in coffee retail history, perceptions…
The New Consumer
By Marcus Young, Community Outreach and Customer Coordinator, Batdorf & Bronson Coffee consumers are increasingly aware of specialty coffee. At the same time the specialty coffee industry is constantly evolving. Roasters offer Cup of Excellence…
Intentional Design
By Michael Phillips, Co-Founder, Handsome Coffee Roasters Over the past year, I have become a member of a very interesting new group, consisting of people so enamored with coffee that they threw caution…
90+ Profiles: Getting to Know Lindsey Bolger
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Lindsey Bolger, Senior Director of coffee for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters–Specialty Coffee Business Unit. I enjoy my role because of its broad…
