Language Dec 10, 2018
The third-wave coffee boom has resulted in a new wave of java-related Japanese vocabulary
by Claire Williamson
Coffee talk is more than just cream and sugar when it comes to cafes that specialize in third-wave coffee.
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Food & Drink | THE HIGH GROUNDS Dec 8, 2018
Kurasu: Yozo Otsuki's blend of coffee and lifestyle
by Claire Williamson
Kurasu — a romanized rendition of the Japanese word for "to live," or "lifestyle" — is a multifaceted business that combines an online shop, a monthly coffee subscription service, brick-and-mortar cafes in Kyoto and Singapore and, opening in Kyoto in December, its own roastery.
World Dec 5, 2018
El Nino may cut Colombia's rainfall by 80% in early 2019, posing fire threat: minister
The El Nino weather phenomenon could reduce rainfall in Colombia by 80 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the country's environment minister said on Tuesday, causing water shortages and forest fires. El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific. In ...
Food & Drink Nov 17, 2018
Forget Kyoto's temples, try the coffee instead
by Katherine Whatley
Though kissaten (old-style) coffee shops like have long been a part of Kyoto, the third-wave coffee boom has increased the number and variety of coffee shops in the city.
Food & Drink | THE HIGH GROUNDS Nov 10, 2018
Social Good Roasters: Balancing coffee and community
by Claire Williamson
Social Good Roasters is a social welfare organization that specifically employees people with disabilities such as Down syndrome and autism and teaches them everything from how to sort unroasted coffee beans to the process of brewing and roasting.
Food & Drink | THE HIGH GROUNDS Oct 13, 2018
Jailhouse Coffee: Organic roasts 'to have fun with'
by Claire Williamson
Founded in 2015, the playfully branded Jailhouse Coffee is an organic line of beans roasted in Queens, New York and sold throughout the U.S. — as well as Japan.
Food & Drink | THE HIGH GROUNDS Sep 8, 2018
At Glitch Coffee, a shared roast is a good roast
by Claire Williamson
At Glitch Coffee & Roasters, founder Kiyokazu Suzuki imparts the art of roasting coffee beans to local shops through his share roasting program.
Asia Pacific Aug 31, 2018
Students and teachers in South Korea will need to find new ways of staying alert through the long school day, after the government said Friday it will ban coffee sales in schools. Selling highly caffeinated drinks to students in schools has already been banned since ...
National Aug 20, 2018
Chichijima family keeps Japan's earliest coffee cultivation tradition alive
On Chichijima, one of the Ogasawara Islands and known as the first place in Japan to grow coffee, a father and daughter have maintained a practice of coffee cultivation that ceased during World War II when all the islanders were forced to evacuate. Motomi Nose, ...
Food & Drink | THE HIGH GROUNDS Aug 11, 2018
Tokyo cafes serve up coffee with a side of cyclo-tourism
by Claire Williamson
Although Tokyo's nascent cycling tourism sector is ostensibly aimed at inbound tourists, "cycle cafes" are designed to create sustainable communities by combining coffee and culture.
Food & Drink | KONBINI WATCH Aug 11, 2018
Cebada: Kirin's new 'coffee-like' beverage tastes like dirt
by Patrick ST. Michel
Kirin's attempt to tap into demand for decaf coffee misses the mark.
Business Jul 24, 2018
China's caffeine war: Fast-growing Luckin brews up a threat to Starbucks
by Pei Li and Adam Jourdan
Qian Zhiya may be Starbucks' worst nightmare. The 42-year-old Chinese entrepreneur says she is betting that her fledgling Luckin Coffee brand will eventually have more cafes in China than Starbucks, and she has Singapore's sovereign wealth fund and other investors bankrolling her plan. Luckin, which only ...