Craft time: What to do with old coffee bags
Most people throw away their retail bags of coffee once they’re through with the beans. I tend to keep all my bags. Design fascinates me in every way, coffee packaging […]
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Importance of barista competitions
This post was meant to be posted on Thursday (I wrote myself an editorial calendar. Will probably take two months for me to actually transition to it). But it doesn’t […]
Emotions in life and workplace
At the time of writing this, I am 27 minutes away from my Twitter-peer-imposed writing deadline. It’s been a weirdly emotional 24 hours for me. I know a number of […]
Meta post: Coffee blogging about coffee blogging
A coffee professional once asked me rhetorically, “Does it really matter what coffee bloggers say?” Which, since we’re being rhetorical, let’s just ask, “Do bloggers actually have influence?” My answer […]
Coffee 2013 Resolutions
A couple of weeks ago, Oliver Strand’s column “Ristretto” (last post) ended and coffee lovers all around the world shed caffeinated tears. Since I want to write more often, need […]
Coffee Chemistry
Note: These are my thoughts & notes from a coffee event. Facts stated do not have linkable sources, but were talked about in the lab. If I made any errors, […]
#foodiechats lesson: there are always people to educate about coffee
This past Monday, I learned how many consumers still needed to be exposed to great coffee. It was a very humbling, if not hair-tearing, experience. Every Monday, there exists a […]
Chicago Coffee Ladies
This post is long overdue. By about ten days… It’s not usually until I’m half an hour into a coffee event that I notice how I’m one of ten women […]
Coffee Conversions
I read somewhere that if you make a difference in one person’s life, then it should be a reason to keep on going in your passion’s path. Five months out […]
Quotables from #SMWChicago
I’m getting back into blogging and I’m going to ignore SEO for now just because I think I need to spout off creative nonsense. In the past few months, I’ve […]
