CoffeeCon costs a lot of money. My fantasy of being able to drink the world’s great coffees made in various brewing methods under one roof requires a lot of coordination and cooperation. I am not a wealthy man and I must share these expenses among the coffee roasters...
I am excited to announce Mack Sennett Studios for CoffeeCon Los Angeles 2014. We were visiting many different venues in the area, but Sennett Studios won against them all. Here’s a bit more about why it’s such a great choice for us: CoffeeCon is a consumer coffee...
As I write this we are both in our hotel room. Pat is tweeting. I have been sitting here, wondering. It is a little terrifying. This is our first out of town CoffeeCon. The Bay Area has all the right ingredients for success: a robust economy, a big coffee-drinking...
I realize I’ve lived a cherished life. I have met many of the great minds of coffee. I met Alfred Peet, who’d read my articles and thought I was a roaster. He shared his roast philosophy one evening with me and we talked last into the night. Erna Knutsen, who coined...
Now you’ve got more reasons than ever to sign up for George Howell’s tasting seminar at CoffeeCon on July 26 in San Francisco. Our keynote tasting presenter George Howell just won the top ten roasters in America. It doesn’t surprise me, but it might surprise a few...