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Guide to "City" Roast Levels

Guide to "City" Roast Levels

By Carson Parodi on

The Guide to “City” Roast Levels. The terms City, Full City, French Roast, etc. have been long used in the coffee domain to refer to roast degrees, but they have...

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Is Shade Grown Coffee Better?

Is Shade Grown Coffee Better?

By Daniel Parodi on

Shade Grown Coffee In our last Take2 installment we discussed the basic ins and outs of growing coffee in high altitude conditions. This week we provide a brief overview of...

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Challenges of Growing Coffee at High Altitudes

Challenges of Growing Coffee at High Altitudes

By Carson Parodi on

High Altitude Growing. As mentioned last week, growing coffee in the cooler air of tropical mountain ranges creates valuable stress in coffee plants. The cooler air causes each plant to...

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Arabica vs. Robusta

Arabica vs. Robusta

By Carson Parodi on

Photo courtesy of Delighten Dee / Unsplash Arabica vs. Robusta Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora — known to us, simply, as arabica and robusta. What’s the difference between arabica and robusta? What...

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Where is all the new coffee?

Where is all the new coffee?

By Daniel Parodi on

Photo courtesy of Justin Sullivan / Getty Images A few days ago, we were alerted to a small shipment of an African coffee that just arrived. Before we even received...

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How to Blend for Espresso

How to Blend for Espresso

By Daniel Parodi on

Light or Dark? By now, it’s well known that we (and many in this industry) are self-admitted light roast coffee snobs. But! Just because light roast coffees tend to highlight...

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