Over the past few years specialty coffee roasters — those focused on sustainability and those who are not — have been steadily working to up the cup quality of their coffee. To make sure that we not only maintained, but increased the overall excellence of...
I am just back from visiting our partners FEM and Las Diosas in northern Nicaragua. It was a great visit full of news about projects JCC has been supporting as well a getting the low-down on some new initiatives they have cooking there. A little background– in...
Amongst the sea of coffee brands you find in the grocery aisles these days you’ll be greeted with the wondrous smells and offerings of ground coffee: drip, espresso, fine, medium and coarse, as well as whole bean coffee. Which route do you go? Safe and easy pre-ground...
Many of us know the term organic by what it is not. We’ve heard many of the “no” words: No pesticides. No chemicals. No toxins. No plant or animal poisons. No hormones. No antibiotics. While those reasons are all pretty significant motivators to purchase organic...
There’s nothin’ like a good ol’ cuppa brewed coffee in the morn or a strong sip of bourbon after a long day’s work. Combine the two golden elixirs together and you’ve got yourself one helluva caffeine-kicked cocktail perfect to sip a...
