CATEGORIES

The Future Of Decaf?

A US company claims its pouch extracts caffeine without harming flavour

Great Coffee Shouldn't Cost The Earth

Caffeine’s editor-at-large Tim Ridley explains how to lower the environmental impact of your coffee-drinking habit

What The F**k...Is Honey Processing?

Apart from natural and washed coffees sits a whole other category, as Sierra Wen Xin Yeo explains

The grind

SEASONAL COFFEE

Tea with purpose

Michelle and Rob Comins explain how tea can be a force for good

Ten years on

We celebrate the London Coffee Festival’s first decade with a look at its successes

Chocolate and espresso pavlova with fennel roasted grapes

This year I’m giving coffee centre stage on the Christmas dessert table. I firmly believe coffee shouldn’t just be an afterthought to accompany dessert, it should be the dessert – but aside from that, it just makes sense.

Bitter Barista

Latte art competitions have been milking it for too long – they used to be fun, but now their focus on the wrong things is harming barista skills, says our cantankerous columnist

What The F**k ...Is The Maillard Reaction?

It’s just one of the elements you need to know about if you’re going to roast coffee successfully, as Edgaras Juška explains

Work Wonders

Coffee gets people through the working day. So it stands to reason that better coffee produces better work – and in some places the two are in perfect harmony, says Phil Wain

White Gold

It’s worth seeking out the best-quality white tea, says Mei Leaf’s Don Mei

The Classic British Bake Off

As the UK heads back to the 1970s, Tim Schilling joins the retro party by creating this trio of pre-EU desserts with a coffee twist

Seasonal Coffee - Fausto Romo - Pharmacie

Sifting through the sediment

Little Cups Of A Coffee Classic Tiramisu

There are a few classic coffee desserts gracing the pages of this issue of Caffeine, so I thought it was about time I stepped up to the challenge of an age-old favorite: tiramisu. I called in some expert advice to help with the job, namely a close family friend who is married to a wonderful Italian man and – I imagine largely thanks to an Italian mother-in-law – makes a mean tiramisu.

Alt-Milks On Test

Non-dairy alternatives to milk have seen a huge rise in popularity, but which work best with speciality coffee?

A Match Made In Hemp

CBD, an extract of cannabis, has been touted as a revolutionary new dietary product that could be the perfect partner for coffee. Anna Sulan Masing investigates

Could The Latte Levy Kill Your Local?

The government has proposed tackling coffee cup waste with a tax on takeaways – but the financial impact on independent cafés could be devastating

Origin Report Colombia

The geography of this South American country has helped it become one of the world’s leading coffee producers. But despite the sustained profitability of its industry, there are those who believe more can be done to support the farmers who make this success possible

This Woman's Work

In many coffee-producing regions, women do the bulk of the work without receiving the rewards – but now pioneers in the industry are changing things, as Mersa Auda reports

The Coffee Olympics

As the world’s best baristas fly in to London for the Coffee Masters, we take a look at how competitions can help to spread the word about speciality coffee

WTF - Is White Tea?

Each issue, Caffeine answers those questions you thought were too silly to ask. In Part 3, to kick off our tea special, Hannah Ruth gets to grips with white tea

It's In The Can

A hot cup of coffee isn’t always what you want in summer. So why not try a cold one? As Mersa Auda reports, this sector of the market is growing – and becoming more innovative – day by day

The Grind

Sifting through the sediment

Zurich

There’s more to Switzerlands’s largest city than financial institutions and chocolate. As Maria Teresa Mancuso discovers, it’s also the place to go for great coffee

Join the Celebration

The London Coffee Festival returns to Brick Lane from 6 to 9 April. Make sure you don’t miss any of the action

Casona Geisha Natural

ORIGIN COFFEE ROASTERS

A Coffee Revolution In Yemen

Qima Coffee is improving lives by bringing top-quality techniques and new business practices to the war-torn Middle Eastern country

Road To Redemption

Something extraordinary is happening at HMP Aylesbury, where a roastery is changing inmates’ lives. Phil Wain investigates coffee’s positive impact

Coffee With Real Impact

Bristol’s Extract Coffee Roasters works closely with farmers in Peru to ensure its products are ethical and sustainable

Not All Doom And Gloom

Climate change is having an effect of the world of coffee – but not in the way you might expect, as James Hansen reports