It’s Not Just Your Coffee Story That Sets You Apart. It’s How You Tell It.

coffee roaster

There’s a roaster I follow on Substack. Every post does the same three things. He writes about the origins of the coffees he’s roasting. He writes about his roasting process. And then he writes, at length, about the taste profile of each one. There is nothing remarkable about that. It’s what every roaster does. Origins, … Read more

The Sameness Paradox in Specialty Coffee Marketing

Coffee is a commodity. A coffee bean is a coffee bean and, by and large, all coffee beans look the same. The journey coffee beans take from the tree through processing, distribution, roasting, and delivery to your doorstep… is also the same. This presents coffee roasters and stores with a problem. How can they differentiate … Read more