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The Rise of Decaf: Winning Competitions and Pushing Flavour Potential Words by Katie Burnett Decaf drinkers are arguably the purest pursuers of coffee flavour. Most of us reach for a ...

Words by Katie Burnett When it comes to brewing coffee at home - we all have to start somewhere, and for most of us, we’d like to start by setting a realistic budget. This article will ha...

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Words by Katie Burnett Over the past few years, specialty coffee in South Africa has grown substantially. Not only in width, but in depth too. The number of South African consumers interested...

Words by Katie Burnett Everyone’s got their favourite blend. A “house blend” and themed blends are a staple for coffee roasters and their customers. These blends are synonymous ...

Words by Katie Burnett Photos by Carley Serwatt Before 2005, Burundi was a very different place to what it is now. In the first multi-party elections in 1992 since its independence from Belg...

Human Interest: In Conversation with Hayley Arendse The best conversations happen over a cup of coffee (or three). And we couldn’t think a better conversation to be a fly on the ...

Words by Katie Burnett Pietermaritzburg might be KZN’s capital, but there aren’t too many specialty coffee options in the city. The team at Next Coffee saw this gap and in February ...

Artificial Intelligence in Coffee Words by Katie Burnett Artificial intelligence has flooded into every part of our lives. Whether it’s just a conversation you’ve had with a friend...

Words by Katie Burnett Love it or hate it, decaf plays an important role in the coffee industry. “Death before decaf” is a well-known sentiment amongst die-hard caffeine f...

Words by Katie Burnett Pepe Jijón seemingly burst onto the specialty coffee scene in 2021 after World of Coffee Milan. His farm in Ecuador, Finca Soledad, quickly became one of the names bei...

Words by Katie Burnett I had a couple of days in Athens before World of Coffee 2023 began. We had chosen two places we really wanted to spend time at and drink coffee at: The Underdog and Foyer E...

Research and Words by Katie Burnett There are two main coffee species that you might be aware of: Arabica and Robusta (there are other species such as libérica or Abeokutae, bu...

Words and Images By Katie Burnett The way a coffee is processed is an important part of shaping its flavour profile. Whether a coffee is clean and sweet, funky, fruity or floral can be determined...

Seeing events like the Specialty Coffee Expo grow and thrive gets us so excited!  Regular contributor Katie Burnett was on the ground to take in all the action. In May this year, the country...

Help, There’s a Bag of Specialty Coffee in my Kitchen! Words (of encouragement) by Katie Burnett So, your friends have been talking about specialty coffee. They say they’ll never g...

Words by Katie Burnett (All photos from Instagram accounts mentioned) As we enter the 3rd quarter of 2023, I’m taking a look back at the coffee content of the year. There have been a cou...

Words by Katie Burnett In the early 1900s, Barcolo Manufacturing in Buffalo New York introduced the “coffee break” to its labour force. Twice a day, the entire factory would s...

Words by Katie Burnett Coffee has very deep roots in Turkey. From having their own brewing method, to one of the richest and oldest coffee histories in the world. This country is split between We...

Stevo Kuhn on his experience training blind barista, Joseph Matheatau, and how he turned it into a barista competition set that shook the room. Interview by Katie Burnett I asked Stevo Kuhn to...

Words by Katie Burnett Team images by Katie Burnett Stage Images provided by SCA/World Coffee Events “My name is Ruslan. I am 18 years old and just finished school. The last few m...