Since CoffeeCon’s beginning, I’ve wanted everything associated with coffee brewing to be the top tier. Of course, this means milk, too. Although much of CoffeeCon’s exhibit and tasting floor is pure coffee sampled by itself, it would be naïve and bad manners not to...
I have a friend who’s a recording engineer. I once asked him what he felt was the most important thing he’d learned in order to make his recordings sound so good. He told me the greatest thing he’s learned is how to listen. I’m going to say the...
Coffee Con, the Consumer Coffee Festival keeps growing and have partnered with InterContinental Coffee Trading (ICT Coffee) based in San Diego, California to accelerate building specialty coffee consumer awareness. The mission is to educate the consumer on the...
If there’s one writer who both predicted and created the coffee resurgence we currently enjoy, it’s Kenneth Davids. His classic book, Coffee, A Guide to Buying, Brewing and Enjoying is still the definitive coffee text. I’m proud of my own work, but I’d be delusional...
My family are typical Chicagoans. We believe you are not a success, nor even really an American idea until you find acceptance in New York City. When we started taking CoffeeCon on the road I had a case of nerves about only two cities. New York was the first, and last...
I created CoffeeCon to accomplish two things: 1) I wanted people to learn to brew, by seeing people who are experts brewing. More on that some other time. 2) I wanted people to be able to taste the best roasters’ coffees side by side, and decide for themselves...
