🌍 Ethiopia: The Birthplace of Coffee Ethiopian coffee, considered the origin of Arabica coffee, is facing a crisis… Amid the mists of Kaffa, where according to legend a shepherd discovered coffee centuries ago, a modern… Ethiopian Coffee: Ancestral Heritage and Current Challenges
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… Decolonizing Coffee: An Ethical Bridge Between Spain and Latin America
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,… Cuban Coffee as an Act of Resistance
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”… Fairtrade Coffee — Is It Really Fair?
From Purpose-Driven Coffee to Specialty Hypocrisy: My Chronicle as a Former Barista
