by Ramon Siever | Mar 26, 2025 | Cultivation
Imagine coffee as a complex investment portfolio, where each varietal is a strategic asset with unique performance characteristics. Just as the most successful investors understand the nuanced dynamics of different markets, the coffee connoisseur knows that not all...
by Ramon Siever | Mar 8, 2025 | Preparation
The ideal match: espresso-specific coffee varietals and their defining characteristics. Or as we like to say, Jacking your bean stock. In the world of coffee, few brewing methods demand more precision in bean selection as espresso. The intense pressure, brief...
by Ramon Siever | Mar 3, 2025 | Preparation
In the pursuit of coffee perfection, principles drive outcomes. This is true in life, and unquestionably true when extracting flavour from those precious beans you’ve invested in. Today, I want to explore a fundamental property that many home baristas overlook...
by Ramon Siever | Feb 21, 2025 | Processing
Like many crucial processes in coffee production, wet milling exemplifies a fundamental truth that has emerged over recent decades in the industry: Quality in coffee is created through a series of intentional mechanical interventions, each designed to achieve specific...
by Ramon Siever | Feb 19, 2025 | Business
The Real Price of Your Morning Cup: Why Supporting Coffee Cooperatives Isn’t Just Feel-Good BS Let’s cut through the marketing fluff: Coffee cooperatives aren’t just some fair-trade fairy tale – they’re the backbone of specialty coffee and...
