CoffeeCon: Brewing is Half the Fun!

CoffeeCon: It Ain’t Just Beans! I was speaking to the owner of a coffeemaker company that other day. He’d called asking if we could exhibit his product at CoffeeCon. He told me he thinks brewing should be invisible in the process of delivering great coffee to us as...

George Howell: Coffee and CoffeeCon Icon

George Howell – Coffee Icon I used to arrange my European business travel so I could stopover in Boston and visit the Coffee Connection, George Howell’s first coffee roasting business. I thought George had the best. It was that good! When I published the Coffee...

Are We Coffee Snobs at CoffeeCon?

I’ve been writing about coffee since the early 1990s. I enjoy coffee as much as I think it is possible. But, I’m not into putting down people who enjoy simpler coffees than I do, or who put cream, sugar or for that matter combine their coffee with other flavors such...