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Equipment, technique, buying and storage — the practical side of a better cup.

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How to Identify Specialty Coffee Processing Styles

Learn how to identify specialty coffee processing styles by taste, aroma, and label cues. Discover washed, natural, honey, and anaerobic lots.

Editorial Team Sep 10, 2026 12 min read

Learn how to brew experimental coffee with our guide to controlled fermentation, grind sizes, and recipes for anaerobic and natural proce...

Editorial Team Sep 9, 2026 12 min read

Most coffees are named for a place. This one is named for a plant — a rare Colombian cultivar with outsized beans, grown on small plots a...

Anaerobic Jul 25, 2026 2 min read

Most coffee fermentation is either left to chance or kick-started with something borrowed. Finca Los Nogales does neither — it saves the ...

Anaerobic Jul 25, 2026 3 min read

Our Guamo lot isn't named for a village or a farm. It's named for a shade tree — and for a project betting that planting more of them is ...

Anaerobic Jul 25, 2026 3 min read

Uganda grows heritage coffee at serious altitude — and one man on Mt. Elgon is proving it. Plus the cleanest experiment we sell: the same...

Anaerobic Jul 23, 2026 1 min read

Every guide points back to coffees you can brew at home.