A commodities trader, a coffee roaster, a coffee farmer, and your next-door neighbor walk into a coffee bar. The coffee importer offers to grab the first round as the guy at the piano launches into a song. They’re all looking to gain something from the deal they strike there. Each of them views this transaction from […]
In 2005, Coffea Circulor founder Ivica Cvetanovski observed the combination of coffee varieties at Kenyan coffee processing stations. This unification of coffee varieties that make up “mixed lots” at washing stations in Kenya removes the notion of “single estate” and “single variety”. Varieties such as SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, K7, etc. were “blended” without any […]
The 2022 AeroPress competition season is underway and the 2022 Swedish AeroPress championship ended a few weeks ago taking place near Gothenburg, Sweden. With the AeroPress competition, all participants use the same coffee (for Sweden it was Santa Milena Mora, Colombia, Washed, Pink Bourbon from Morgan Coffee Roasters). The winner of the competition was Rafal Walczak. […]
I couldn’t be more excited to announce the launch of the Pull & Pour shop. It’s full of a (growing) set of super niche specialty coffee shirts and prints. The two primary collections currently in the store are the Ampersand Series and Brewer Series. The Ampersand Series The Ampersand Series is an homage to the name […]
2022 has been an amazing year for coffee. I easily tried around 400 coffees throughout the year and featured many of them through the Pull & Pour Coffee Club and reviews on this site and Instagram. The variety of processing methods, origins, coffee varietals, roasters, and producers was vast! In a somewhat frivolous effort, I put together a […]
Two of the things I love most in this world are specialty coffee and craft beer, so it is no surprise when you combine them together I love the result. While coffee beer isn’t as popular as some other styles, it includes a surprisingly vast number of beers—many of which are seasonal and drop this […]
One of the most confusing aspects, when you start brewing pour over coffee at home, is the coffee-to-water ratio. How much coffee to use and how much water to pour over it can be confusing, but can also have a big impact on the final cup of coffee you brew. The art of perfecting the […]
Gone are the days of only washed, natural, and honey processing—in are the days of thermal shock, IPA anaerobic, and more. There are a lot of crazy and innovative processing methods out there nowadays, but one of the most intriguing is the Koji process. The Koji process is a relatively new processing method developed by Kaapo […]
From cappuccino to iced latte, there are many types of delicious espresso-based coffee drinks—most of which consist of some combination of espresso and milk. That leaves us with the question: How can these two ingredients produce different types of espresso drinks? The answer lies in the different coffee-to-milk ratios and the different milk texturing ways baristas […]
Cupping coffee is the best way to evaluate coffee—from evaluating green coffee to making purchase decisions as a roaster to evaluating coffee you are brewing at home. I collaborated with coffee expert and author, Scott Rao, to create a guide documenting how to cup coffee that is free to download. Download the free “How to Cup […]