Stories on coffee, culture, and people behind it. Published by Standart.
Exclusive feature For the discerning coffee drinker, entering a cafe for the first time can evoke a mix of anticipation and unease. Will this be to my tast...
Venice Chloé Calonec ( text ) &Anna Adamo ( images ) Slowly sinking under the weight of more beauty than can be consumed locally, Venice i...
From Qahwa to Cafe The Evolution of Coffee Culture in Egypt Egypt’s coffee culture is layered and full of contradiction—loud and hushed, traditional and modern...
Zambia Stained glass at the Cathedral How do you regrow a stagnant coffee economy? Zambia isn’t a coffee origin on many peoples’ radars, wh...
No Eating or Drinking Rachel Naismith ( text ) &Joel Smedley ( images ) A cup of coffee and a good book can spell comfort or contravent...
Buildings in Frith Street Past & Present Joel Smedley &The London Archives London, as it was then and as it is now,...
Romain Wyndaele Standart ( interview ) &Luba Kozorezova ( images ) Romain Wyndaele is a former professional middle-distance runner who once ...
Cafe Details Timeless Light Standart ( text ) &Alessandro Bo ( images ) E l M i n u t i t o There are cafes...
Life Spilling In Might the soul of architecture reside not in spaces of permanence, but in the gaps through which we pass to get there? Peer through an architect’s eyes as sh...
A Defence of Pumpkin Spice There’s nothing that draws the ire of coffee enthusiasts quite like the onslaught of Pumpkin Spice everything once the colder months set...
One of Jaime’s creations replicated in different materials, placed in a corner where Jaime draws and creates his paintings. Here, the material used is marble imported from C...
The challenges that beset specialty coffee in airports are many. From sky-high rents and long queues to a public that is less concerned with the perfect taste experience tha...
As the sun set in Zimbabwe’s lush Honde Valley, I watched kids push car tyres up and down the street, racing each other through the village. In Africa, most often, less is more. People are used to ...
There’s a guy in Melbourne who can make you a latte in 15 seconds. And you get your choice of five different origins—where the pre-batched espresso is dispensed from a volumetric tap. His name is K...
Los Angeles resists clean outlines, and its coffee culture lives somewhere between softness and grit. Built from migration, precarious work, and long-standing food traditions, it moves at uneven te...
When exploring foreign lands, few feelings compare to the triumph of discovering something known only to locals. Realizing these euphoric moments requires a healthy pinch of boldness, however; one ...
Tinashe Nyamudoka, founder of Kumusha Wines and Kumusha Coffee, is more than a world-class sommelier; he is a symbol of how wine, culture, and competition can challenge global narratives about tast...
Some coffee origins are still in the process of becoming. Malawi is one of them—a place where potential feels tangible even if not fully realized. Farmers are steadily shaping a future for their co...
Blue-sky ski days to negroni nights, Hakuba is a 24-hour town hidden in the Japanese highlands. From the staunch octogenarian locals fiercely guarding their old traditions, to the young crowd of mu...
As coffee grew cheaper in 18th-century Europe, it spread beyond the elite, alarming German rulers. In Prussia, Frederick the Great saw it as a threat to order, economy, and authority. His efforts t...
The taxi from Nice took half an hour, the Tesla’s electric engine providing a faint, meditative whirr of the sort that invites introspection. I spent the journey mulling over questions. Something a...
One careless sip. That’s all it took. A whole day ruined by a burnt tongue. A whole day wasted. What’s worse, you’re on holiday, with a slew of gustatory pleasures planned out before you.
Rachel Apple is a Cup of Excellence Head Judge, photographer, and co-founder of Raise the Bar, a community and education platform for specialty coffee professionals. She loves bin diving for vinyl,...
In recent years, matcha has become one of the most popular drinks ordered and enjoyed in cafes around the world. But with its growing popularity, several issues have also emerged, ranging from a la...
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