As with many inventions, the French Press was an accidental design caused by a Frenchman who forgot to add coffee grounds to his boiling water as was the method in the 1800’s. Boiling water required staring a wood fire so to conserve his resources he added his coffee to the water already boiled. It [...]
In the central region of Jamaica are the beautiful Blue Mountains, a cool and misty range with high rainfall. This classification of coffee grows at an elevation of 3,000 to 5,500 feet. It is here that Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee originates and it is one of the most expensive coffees you can buy. Since the early 19th [...]
Sustainability is number one with Jim’s Organic Coffee. Grown without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides Jim claims to improve the surrounding community’s ecosystems. Jim Cannell fell into the coffee business by accident in 1985 when he was seeking work on Wall Street in Manhattan. He met a man who told him to call around for green [...]
Inspiration to invent something usually comes from a need or an annoyance you experience; such is the case with Jay Sorenson. In the Fall of 1991 he spilled a cup of hot coffee in his lap because he couldn’t hold on to the hot paper cup. He knew there was a solution to this problem [...]
On a cold winter day in San Francisco there is nothing better than an Irish Coffee at the old Buena Vista Café. After a stroll on the wharf it warms your soul. The origin of Irish Coffee as you might have guessed begins in Country Limerick. In the 1940’s a man by the name of Joseph [...]
Founded and headquartered in Durham, NC in 1995 Counter Culture operates training centers along the eastern seaboard to educate people about their practices in dealing with Columbian farmers directly to source the finest tasting coffee. This is a project which partners with local Columbian families in the area called Popayan to source the best of [...]
On the slopes of the island of Hawaii grow the most delicious coffee loved the world over, Kona Coffee. It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world as it can only be grown on the Big Island in Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona districts. As champaign can [...]
