Coffee and the Environment
Beyond the web of well-over-a-thousand compounds that contribute to a cup, coffee is an ethically complex industry. Painful as coffee's environment...
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Coffee Fest Baltimore: A Field Report
I represented Flight at Coffee Fest Baltimore, both as an attendant and a competitor. Here are a few highlights from the show!
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Oh, the terroir!
Hello Flight Fam, New coffees are always exciting and I have decided to go back to buying in smaller lots so we can have more fun with new and flav...
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Better Communicating Flavor Notes in Coffee
Perhaps the ultra-delicate, ultra-unique flavor notes roasters pull are unrepresentative of a coffee?
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Our Wholesale Mission Statement
Our Wholesale Mission We work hard to pursue and provide the very best specialty coffee available and we strive to achieve sustainability and tra...
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Organic Acids in Coffee in 95 seconds or less...
One pesky test of the Q exam has to do with Organic Acids and Chemistry of Coffee. In a nutshell (or a coffee husk) we broke down five of the most ...
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Taste, Flavor and Aroma
If you enjoy coffee, I highly recommend attending a cupping session to explore the various ways terroir and processing can impact the flavor profi...
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The Top Crops
So what exactly makes our coffees hit 90 plus and win awards? Many things, of course. The first on the list is continuing education through the ...
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More on roasting:
The kaleidoscopic array of flavors you find in your coffee from cup to cup is a result of both the natural chemical makeup of the green coffee and ...
Read moreWhat we mean by varietal distinction...
Produced in between the tropics, with varying climates, soil, and growth processes, your cup of coffee has a specific flavor profile that can be t...
Read moreCoffee Varietals
Varietals have a big impact on the cup profile of each of our single origin coffees. You will notice in our store, we list the varietal of each co...
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