The Anniversary Gift for the Couple Who Has Everything (Including a Good Coffee Grinder)
Anniversary gift guides converge on the same short list every year. Wild kopi luwak from Java is the…
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The Mother’s Day Coffee Gift That Nobody Else Thought Of
In 2025, Americans spent $34.1 billion on Mother's Day gifts. Most of it went to flowers and jewelry.…
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In a food safety laboratory in the Netherlands, a sample of coffee labeled “kopi luwak” arrives in a…
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Sometime in the wet season of 1699, a Dutch colonial officer named Hendrik Zwaardecroon oversaw the planting of…
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The opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup takes place on June 11 at Estadio Azteca in…
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Grown at 1,200–1,600m around Lake Laut Tawar in Central Aceh, Gayo coffee holds Indonesia’s first Geographic Indication —…
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Produced on a 122km² Atlantic island with an annual output under 25 tonnes, St. Helena coffee — reportedly…
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The washed process removes everything between a coffee bean and its terroir — here’s the microbiology of fermentation…
Read ArticleCup of Excellence: How the Competition That Defines the World’s Best Coffees Actually Works
In 1999, George Howell and the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association ran the first Cup of Excellence competition in…
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