Coffee from Cauca and a Chance Encounter on the Train
By chance, last year I found myself sitting on a train from Barcelona to Madrid next to a guy who was brewing coffee with an Aeropress right there in his seat. It caught my attention,…
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Decolonizing Coffee: An Ethical Bridge Between Spain and Latin America
Coffee, Decolonization, and the Future: The Conversation We Never Had I often wonder: what would happen if Spain embraced its role as the first global empire — not with nostalgia or shame, but with a…
Cuban Coffee as an Act of Resistance
More Than a Drink: Cuban Coffee The first time I had coffee in Cuba — after working as a barista in specialty coffee shops — its taste reminded me of Spanish torrefacto: harsh, overly roasted,…
Ethical Technology for Coffee Growers (but in English)
Ethical technology is now a trend in the coffee industry — seen as a key ally for social change. But in practice, it often ends up excluding the very coffee growers it claims to help.How…
Why Coffee Growers Need Technological Sovereignty
In the coffee industry, small producers and Indigenous communities face a paradox: while their work fuels a global market worth over $100 billion, many receive less than 10% of the final sale price. The root…
Fairtrade Coffee — Is It Really Fair?
From Banana to Espresso: How Colonialism Gets Recycled in Your Cup In 1954, the United Fruit Company funded a coup d’état in Guatemala to protect its banana business interests. Today, companies like Starbucks and “ethical”…
From Purpose-Driven Coffee to Specialty Hypocrisy: My Chronicle as a Former Barista
The First Encounter: When Coffee Stopped Being Just a Drink My journey from a regular coffee consumer to purpose-driven coffee began at a crêperie in Highbury & Islington, London, where coffee was just another item…
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