I woke up this morning to a text from my brother. Him: “Does this make sense to describe coffee this way?” Me: “Juicy is a new buzz word people are using to describe notes that are like berry, it refers to texture usually. i have used it. Complex means nothing lololol thats like saying light…

So a friend of mine once told me this story about his trip to Oregon. On this trip, he stopped at a shop outside Portland and saw something incredible. While he was ordering,  a girl out behind the store with a blowtorch roasting individual beans. No, really, he said it was legitimate. Sounds like a myth?…

Hey everyone! This is Kyle Abbott, back with the blessing from James to provide more insight as I take my first steps into the high pressure (9 bars, to be exact) world of espresso! Hey, hey. Don’t “Awww…” me. This will be much shorter than the last article. So I spent two days thinking, “What…

Something I noticed in shops lately got me thinking. There seems to be a fundamental paradox in artisan coffee when it comes to utilizing espresso machines. We all want to produce a quality product and that takes skill, timing, knowledge, and the proper equipment. Most shops assign one barista to a machine, allowing that person full control…