How Is Coffee Made?

Understand the Psychology of Drinking Coffee 

Drinking coffee is all about the senses, and although our perception is based on environmental factors like chemistry and physics, how we feel about what we're drinking can overwhelm other inputs. We've seen folks at coffee tastings be thrown by looking at the color of the beans or the grounds, the opacity of the brewed coffee, the mere mention of the word "light," and whether they're drinking out of a glass or a ceramic cup (hint: white ceramic gives higher contrast, making the coffee look stronger!). If you're in coffee-sampling mode and just starting to expand your palate, try a slightly stronger brew ratio, as well as closing your eyes when you first sip a new coffee.

Coffee in Brazil Today

On November 3rd, Hurricane Eta slammed into the north eastern coast of Nicaragua and although it quickly weakened to a tropical depression the storm lingered over Central America for two more days, causing widespread damage, flooding, landslides and, sadly, hundreds of deaths, as did Hurricane Iota just 14 days later. Iota landed 15 miles south of where Eta hit, adding insult to injury and pushing Eta recovery efforts into rewind.