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The Myth of Italian Coffee: Why the World's Most Famous Coffee Culture Runs on Commodity Beans
Italy invented the espresso ritual. It also built a century-long system to keep coffee cheap, dark, and nowhere near specialty grade.
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How to Spot a Coffee Shop That Doesn’t Care About Coffee
Or, how to read a coffee shop in 30 seconds. You walk in and something feels off. It could be the wall of flavoured syrups. It could be the lone grinder doing everything. After a while, you learn to read the signs. Some places call themselves coffee shops, but the coffee isn’t really the point.
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Flavor profiles: Coffee’s Most Defining Elements
Coffee is an agricultural product with a flavor profile as complex as fine wine and as diverse as the places it’s grown. From Ethiopia’s highlands to Guatemala’s volcanoes, each cup tells a story in flavor. But for many of us, this language is unintelligible. We know when we like a coffee but can’t explain why.
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