Volcanica Coffee - Specialty Coffee Blog

All coffee is a processed commodity that requires hundreds of hours of human labor from seed to cup that has traveled thousands of miles just to get in your cup. And while there are many different factors that influence taste, such as nutrients in the soil, roasting, brewing, exposure to sunlight, exposure to rain and the elements, one of the most important factors that...

"How to make the best coffee" Coffee is a subjective experience; an enigma wrapped in a complicated series of global labyrinths buried deep in the subconscious of a multi-generational quagmire, which is to say there’s a lot to be said about coffee, and some of it makes sense and resonates with everyone (like it’s pick-me-up, caffeinated qualities), and a lot of the specialty aspects...

Cupping coffee can seem like one of those erudite, pretentious coffee snob things to do in the coffee industry. In fact, some coffee professionals go so far as to have engraved spoons that they carry around with them like pocket watches, so they can cup coffee at any given moment. Most cupping is done at multiple stages of the coffee’s journey from plant to...