10 easy ways to grow your specialty coffee knowledge

10 easy ways to grow your specialty coffee knowledge

You’re new to specialty coffee? You just started digging deeper into all the flavors, the gear and the fun, but don’t know how to move on? How to grow your specialty coffee knowledge? What to read, what to buy, where to go? This blog post is for you, then: 10...
5 amazing reasons why connecting over coffee is so rewarding

5 amazing reasons why connecting over coffee is so rewarding

I love specialty coffee! I love to drink coffee – mostly filter coffee. I love to talk about coffee. I love to read about coffee. I love to write about coffee, too. And, the reason, you’re reading this blog post here tells me, you somehow love coffee also!...
How specialty coffee found me

How specialty coffee found me

I hated coffee! Seriously, in my teens and twenties I’d never touch a cup of coffee unless I had to. I just couldn’t bare that black beverage, that bitter and burned taste of it… If I still had to drink coffee, I added tons of milk – never sugar, though –...
Exploring the Dutch capital: Specialty Coffee in Amsterdam

Exploring the Dutch capital: Specialty Coffee in Amsterdam

I’ve been to Amsterdam 3 years ago for the first time. Back then I wasn’t into specialty coffee as I am now. So I explored this city rather from the sightseeing perspective. This time my trip was totally focused on specialty coffee: The Amsterdam Coffee festival in...

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