Coffee may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to Haitian exports — but that’s about to change. Haitian Blue is the island nation’s latest product to hit the specialty coffee market. The bean made its debut at Coffee Fest Portland in ...
Adding alcohol to coffee is often enough to draw any connoisseur’s curiosity. But if you add fire to the equation, well, now you have their attention. While many flaming cocktails are more about novelty than taste, Spanish coffee is a fiery ...
With the big game just days away, the NFL season may be ending, but dip season is in full swing. Whether you’re trying to wow your friends at a Super Bowl party or just needing an everyday snack for yourself, bean dip is a chill-time MVP. But if you ...
Since coffee was discovered in Africa hundreds of years ago, society has grown with and around the stimulating beans. Coffee has long been a potent cultural phenomenon, and the seemingly endless diversity and high quality of coffee available today is ...
The French press. Every coffee aficionado has one, but whether it’s kept handy or left to collect dust in a graveyard of abandoned coffee baubles is the real question. To this day, the French press is still considered one of the most finicky methods ...
It’s no secret that coffee is best savored in the morning, but as anyone on a high-fat diet can tell you, there is a distinct difference between having coffee for breakfast and having coffee with breakfast. Plenty of people have likely enjoyed a cup ...
Coffee bags are often stamped with an endless barrage of terminology: organic, shade-grown, fair-trade certified, small-farm friendly. The labels can be confusing, but they reflect consumers’ desire for ethically sourced and environmentally ...
When one is asked to consider coffee-producing nations, China may never cross the average person’s mind, and perhaps this is justified. Many of us associate the Asian nation with the several varieties of tea they export globally: the cups of steaming ...
Many of us are accustomed to dunking our favorite cookies in a steaming cup of black coffee or ordering a cappuccino alongside dessert, but what about coffee as a dessert? We’re not talking about Frappuccinos or tiramisu — the best way to enjoy the ...
Whether it's composting our coffee grounds, spreading them around in our gardens to ward off pests, or creating a paste to kick our facial routines up a notch, many of us have found fun and novel ways to get the most out of our coffee waste. And ...
It’s no secret that coffee and dairy go hand in hand. In America alone, 79% of coffee drinkers prefer their daily cups with add-ins. Other countries, such as Vietnam, use products such as yogurt in a unique way to enjoy coffee. But what about ...
The biggest problem with coffee is finishing your last drop and realizing you’ve run out — and while it’s easy enough to place an online order for your favorite roast now, scientists and coffee farmers alike have long predicted this might not always ...
Many of us know that Yemen served as a key country in introducing coffee to the world. Without its greatly accessible ports to help the beverage spread to Europeans, coffee likely would not have been widely discovered and popularized until much later ...
Reading a bag of specialty coffee can be similar to looking at the cleaning tag on your favorite wool jacket: Sure, there are a billion symbols, but it would be very impressive if anyone knew what they all mean. The good news is reading your coffee ...
As you crank up your radiator and reach for your coffee mug this winter season, you may find yourself seeking something different to spice up your morning (or afternoon) cup. While various warm holiday drinks line the cafe menus at the moment, ...
Coffee or tea? If you’re browsing this website, your choice is probably clear. But there’s good news for coffee and tea lovers alike: You don’t always have to choose. In Hong Kong, mixing coffee and tea produces one of the region’s unique ...
Some people eagerly wait all year for Halloween — they love the costumes, the decorating, and all the festivities. For others, the season is all about avoiding the onslaught of sugar and horror movies. Regardless of where you fall on the Halloween ...
October means fall is in full swing — and so is Halloween season. With the weather cooling down, it’s the perfect time to enjoy your coffee, and spice it up a little for the holiday. Don't skip this recipe for a red eye sambuca! The drink’s name ...
Some people think of fall as the season of pumpkin spice, and others see the cooler weather as a sign that Halloween is just around the corner. With horror movies on every channel, a crisp chill in the air, and festive parties featuring all manner of ...
By definition, a ghoul is “an evil spirit or phantom, especially one supposed to rob graves and feed on dead bodies.” The good news is that ghoul coffee is none of those things. While its dual liquor combination might make it seem wicked, if prepared ...
Summer is winding down, but some parts of the country are still battling midafternoon heat waves. When you’re looking for a post-lunch pick-me-up but also need to stay cool, what’s the best solution? The obvious choices are cold brew or iced coffee, ...
For as long as America has been America, we’ve been addicted to coffee. That might sound like an exaggeration, but after we hauled large quantities of tea overboard during the Boston Tea Party, sipping coffee as your morning beverage soon became ...
When the citizens of Saigon prepared for their Lunar New Year — also known as Tet — on Jan. 30, 1968, they cleaned their houses and boiled their celebratory rice cakes. Even as the war ravaged their resources and rival forces in the North had stolen ...
As long as coffee has graced our lips, technology has been the reason — whether it’s the fact we’re able to place a mobile order and grab a to-go cup or in the broader sense of how our precious beans are processed. The entire coffee industry operates ...
When we think of coffee grounds, our mind naturally gravitates to the fresh grounds waiting to be turned into that perfect cup of morning joe. We don’t often connect the term with our used grounds, the soppy ones we throw out after we’re done ...
In Turkey, coffee transcends its station as a simple morning ritual. It’s everything from a token of earnest hospitality to a centuries-old marriage custom. And while we’ve all heard of Turkish coffee, the foamy beverage’s preparation and purpose ...
Coffee is a commodity that spans the globe and as such, everyone’s morning cup of coffee is a little different. In countries that don’t have access to top-quality beans and grounds, flavoring is a popular way to make the most of the morning ...
In 2015, it was announced that former “Lost” showrunner Carlton Cuse would be teaming up with Iraq War veteran and “Prison Break” writer Graham Roland. Their project? A modern retelling of Tom Clancy’s iconic Jack Ryan novels. For those ...
In a perfect world, we’d be wiping sweat from our brows as we gulped down a tall glass of iced coffee to battle the heat as we chatted with our neighbors on the front lawn. But with the effects of a pandemic still impacting our lives, our summers are ...
With more than 400 billion cups consumed annually, coffee remains the world’s most popular beverage. Unfortunately, with such a prominent industry comes an inevitable slew of problems. For coffee, most of them start at the very conception of the ...
