Onyx Coffee Lab is an undeniable powerhouse of US specialty coffee. In this episode, leaping off from co-founder Andrea Allen's remarkable World Barista Championship performance in 2021, a performance that won her the US competition and earned her second on the world state, I meditate on coffee...

Loveless Coffees is doing some of the best coffee in New York City, and their cafe is a wonderful spot to hang out, drink some amazing coffee, and read poetry. When I first visited Loveless Coffees in Bushwick, it was actually called Spectrum. This change becomes the occasion for a pure happiness...

On this episode I revisit a trip to Boxcar Social in Toronto. I was visiting Toronto to see Michael Holboom's important film, Free From Everything. As I was reading around for this episode, I was thrilled to discover Subtext Coffee's videos with producers they work with in Costa Rica, Colombia,...