Behind Every Bean, There Is Someone Who Was Up Before Sunrise
The specialty coffee that reaches your cup has traveled a long way — and most of that journey was made by hand. Literally. Selective picking, a practice common among the producers Bloom works with, means that each coffee cherry is chosen individually, one by one, only when it has reached the exact point of ripeness. […]
Learning to Taste Coffee Is Easier Than You Think
Many people assume that tasting specialty coffee is something reserved for experts — that it requires a trained palate, years of practice, or a vocabulary full of technical terms. But the truth is simpler than that: you already know how to taste. You just haven’t stopped to pay attention yet. The process begins before your […]
What the Birthplace of Your Coffee Says About What’s in Your Cup
Have you ever wondered why two coffees — both naturally processed, both well-roasted — can taste completely different? The answer lies before the harvest even begins. It lives in the soil, the altitude, the rain. It lives in the terroir. Terroir is a concept the wine world knows well, but one that specialty coffee has […]
