Coffee
The drink itself: water, roasting, processing, decaf and the science behind what ends up in the cup.
6 stories
Coffee’s Oldest Lie?
Coffee’s claim to a thousand-year history rests on a single word in a medieval encyclopaedia—and on a 17th-century scholar who mistranslated it.
James Harper ( text )
Calibrated Water
At first blush, using distilled water at the cupping table might seem like a sound idea.
Don’t Call It Normal!
When a customer enters a cafe and orders a coffee, it may seem like a straightforward request, right? Not so fast. Coffee recipes and habits differ significantly based on various factors.
Don’t Knock the (Public) Cup!
To share a table with someone tasting their first in-your-face, fruit-forward, naturally processed coffee is to witness the doors of perception…
Coffee’s Hidden Gas
When coffee is roasted, heat causes chemical reactions that create gases, with a big chunk being carbon dioxide (CO2).
Sampling Black Cxffee: The Once and Future Possibilities of a Colonial Commodity
What can coffee teach us about community, togetherness, and peace?