How the Boss Barista podcast, the Coffeewoman panel, Michelle Johnson's intersectionality work, and Pete Licata's critique of barista competition reshaped specialty coffee's equity conversation between 2015 and 2020.
9 milk frothers ranked across handheld, manual, electric jug, and stovetop. The $37 NanoFoamer V2 is the only one under $200 that pours real microfoam.
James Hoffmann's 2016 Coffee Jobs Podcast argued coffee careers don't have to be dead-ends. A decade later, here's the case — plus a guide to specialty coffee career paths in 2026.
Once overshadowed by Kona, Ka'u has become Hawaii's specialty coffee frontier — known for honey-process, carbonic maceration, and Wood Valley's high-altitude farms. A complete guide to the region, its producers, and how to taste it.
2006 World Barista Champion Klaus Thomsen co-founded Coffee Collective in Copenhagen with Casper Engel Rasmussen and Peter Dupont. The story of the roaster, the man, and Mikaela Wallgren.
Predict whether any plant milk will make a latte by reading 3 things off the label. 10 brands compared — buffer, fat, foam structure. Califia same-brand reveal.
When you drink coffee matters as much as how much. Here's the science of caffeine timing for focus, the cortisol connection, and how to structure intake for sustained productivity without the crash.
The 12 most important specialty coffee cities — Melbourne, Tokyo, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Seoul. Anchor roasters, signature styles, and what to order.
Your CYP1A2 gene determines whether you're a fast or slow caffeine metabolizer — and the difference can be 40-fold. Here's the science of why the same cup of coffee affects people so differently.
Protein coffee — proffee — went viral on TikTok, but does it actually work? Here's what the science says about caffeine plus protein, plus how to mix it without clumps.
The dehydration myth, debunked with the actual research. Coffee is 98–99% water. Moderate daily consumption does not cause net dehydration — and the early studies that started this myth had significant methodological problems.
The problem with freezing coffee was never cold — it was condensation. The vacuum-sealed single-dose protocol both physicists actually use, step by step.
We tested 5 espresso grinders under $600 plus a stretch pick. The $139 hand grinder outperformed the $200 electric. Here's where to put your money.
CO2 outgassing inflates crema nearly 2x and drops extraction yield 1–2 points. Rao's fresh bean trap, and the 7–21 day rest window for espresso.
Gagné analyzed 300 particle size distributions across 24 grinders. Here's what the physics says about why the grinder — not the machine — decides your cup.