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Exploring the Best Coffee Roasters in America

November 2, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Prior to COVID lockdowns, I loved exploring new coffee shops. It was my sport. I’ve been to hundreds of different coffee shops mostly along the West Coast. From British Columbia to San Diego. During a 6-month period in 2014, I visited almost 70 different cafes just in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the lockdown, […]

This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Coffee Business

Meet the Coffee Robot

May 20, 2020 by Michael Allen Smith

Meet the Coffee Robot

Recently, I watched a very cool video of a robot that was capable of making espresso drinks. This wasn’t a vending-style machine where the coffee is being made under the hood. This robot has an arm that actually was pulling espresso shots from an espresso machine. The coffee robot is called the Rozum Café. I […]

This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Coffee Business

Coffee Process From Plant to Roast

July 18, 2019 by Allen J Pais

Coffee Processing

This article will serve as a basic guideline for the different stages a coffee plant goes through as it makes its way from plant to ready for roasting. Depending on your climatic condition and elevation, you can expect your picking time to be 7-9 months from the date of your first blossom. This will happen […]

This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Coffee Business

7 Easy Tricks to Make Your Coffee More Eco-Friendly

November 29, 2018 by Raza Imam

7 Easy Tricks

Coffee is among the most popular drinks in the world, if not the most popular drink in the world. Unfortunately, all of those coffee drinkers are unknowingly taking a pretty toll on the environment. Just think about how many coffee drinkers there are in the US. Imagine the coffee shops, office coffee makers, home coffee […]

This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Coffee Business

The Best Trends in Specialty Coffee (2018)

September 23, 2018 by Michael Allen Smith

Best Trends in Coffee

Last year, I wrote a list of complaints that I had about specialty coffee. You can read those at Things I Would Like to See Improved in Specialty Coffee (2017). With the exception of #2 (Bus Trays) and #4 (Mugs without Handles), most of those issues are still a problem. Unfortunately. However, there are lots of […]

This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Coffee Business

The 5 Best Coffee Websites (2018)

July 18, 2018 by Michael Allen Smith

the 5 best coffee websites

It has been 21 years since I published my first coffee website. Before INeedCoffee launched in April 1999, I had a website that reviewed the coffee shops in Tampa Bay. I left that area in 1998 and that website went away. Since then I’ve seen numerous coffee websites start and quit. Today I don’t follow […]

This article first appeared on INeedCoffee.com. Filed Under: Coffee Business

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