Make It Sparkle
Sparkling drinks are incredibly popular right now, but they’re not always simple to make.
Drink of the Week: Hopped Cascara Soda by Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Brewed to order, mixed with a little lemon juice and simple syrup, soda and a splash of grenadine over ice. It’s a spritz, basically—until you deconstruct it.
Feed Me!
The Food Integration Lab preps culinary programs for success.
Over an inspirational three hours, Food Integration Lab attendees learn simple strategies for adding a successful culinary program to their café.
Drink of the Week: Citron Espresso Tonic
Courtesy of Toby’s Estate Coffee
Cafeminism
Reflections on inclusivity, diversity, and fairness in the specialty coffee industry
Five women share their thoughts on inclusivity, diversity, and fairness in today’s specialty coffee and tea trade.
What’s Brewing in Chicago?
Meet the roasters and cafés making Logan Square a coffee hotspot in the Windy City.
Say “hipster”—code for anyone with a taste for the cool—and most Chicagoans will immediately single out Logan Square.
The Folks, Taipei City, Taiwan
The outside may be unmarked, but during business hours, it’s hard to miss the steady stream of devout regulars making their daily pilgrimage.
The Barista League Rethinks the Coffee Competition
Envision a middle ground where coffee competitions can be interesting, inclusive, quirky, and all-around good times, while still celebrating technical skills.
SCA Expo Three-peats in Seattle
For the third straight year, the Specialty Coffee Association filled the Washington State Convention Center for its annual Global Specialty Coffee Expo.
Floral Flavor Recipe Contest (Closed)
2018 has been tipped as the year of floral flavors, and with spring officially here, there’s no better time to try out the trend.