Mountain Top is a farm in SE Australia, about 2 hours south of Brisbane and 5 minutes west of Nimbin. This selected area is unique because of the altitude and unique volcanic red soils. The farm...

This is new crop coffee from the excellent Carmo Estate that I visited this past October. It's a really high quality farm-specific south Minas Gerais coffee with a lot of history behind it: the...

The Patos de Minas microregion took first and second place in the CD category at the competition, and I think I know why. These coffees have a bit more altitude than most, and have delicate...

For more information on Utz Kapeh ( a sort of "Fair Trade Lite" designation) see this article. The Fazenda Ipanema "Dulce" (sweet) is a traditional Brazil, prepared using the natural dry method...

Is the coffee world getting smaller? To get this Brazilian coffee I have to call a broker in London, where an American and a Costa Rican and a Brit have managed to buy some of the great lots,...

Decaf Brazil is a fairly neutral cup, and its main use is for decaf espresso blends. It adds body and is a good "backdrop" in terms of roast taste. A backdrop coffee fills out the background of...

Bourbon coffees are the traditional old-world varietal, and was once the exclusive coffee tree of Brazil. The small, rounded seed has a refined cup character, good bean density, and is grown in...

Espresso is a basic drink, not a fancy concoction. With a bit of dread that espresso is now being transformed into a wide range of drinks, from something squirted out of a dispenser at a gas...

Fierce competition in the very first Cup of Excellence Auction for Colombia - but I was not going to lose this precious lot of coffee. The cup was more complex, deep, big on the palate, than any...

Some introductory comments are needed: a long time ago some chump decided that better coffee came from larger coffee beans. Colombia was in the audience that night, took it all in, and developed...