No matter if you are at the very beginning of your coffee journey or you are a full-time geek, everybody needs a go-to place for the freshest coffee news!
Here’s a short overview of our favourite blogs & websites to keep you up to date in this changing industry and to provide you with some inspiration when you will run out of posts to read on Coffeedesk blog!
Jim Seven
James Hoffman is a true guru in the coffee world. He is a former World barista Champion, World Brewers Champion and founder of well-known English Roastery Square Mile Coffee roasters. He is also an author of the one of the most popular books in the industry. If you could read only one book about coffee – it should definitely be The world atlas of coffee. On his blog, you can find everything that a coffee lover could possibly need, from brewing guides and explanations behind coffee science to answers on the current coffee affairs. His best posts were also gathered in a form of a book titled: The best of Jim Seven 2004-2015.
Barista Hustle
When you first enter the website, you are already informed about Barista Hustle mission, We’re here to help the world make better coffee. And how do they do that? By sharing loads of educational content on extraction, distribution, grinding, tamping and so on. You are looking for either milk or milk pitcher recommendation to make your latte arts better? Wondering how water quality affects your brew? Are you into measurements of all kinds, from coffee extraction through distribution to temperature & time? That’s the place for you, a total barista geek-fest!
Perfect Daily Grind
PDG provided me with wide coffee knowledge at the very beginning of my journey. I have spent countless hours reading about coffee production, consumption & brewing methods. Their articles are perfectly categorized and you can choose between content suitable for a simple coffee enthusiast, a barista, a cafe owner or a roaster. What’s more, there’s also a Spanish version of the website available, so if you would like to learn the most popular language of the coffee industry – PDG is here to help you. You can also subscribe to their newsletter and receive coffee news frequently (but not daily, do not worry!)
Daily Coffee News
It’s a place where you can dig for coffee news from all around the world. DCN touches on all hot topics, informs about innovations in the industry, new coffee shops openings, and aggregates all the information from the coffee world.
Sprudge.com
Sprudge will also provide you with industry news, such as new roasteries openings, coffee related Kickstarter campaigns, and events. Sprudge also runs annual contest (link: https://sprudge.com/sprudgies) where they award coffee people in the following categories: The Best New Cafe, Best New Product, Notable Roaster & Notable Producer, Best Coffee Writing, Podcast & Video or Film, The Nicest Package, Best Subscription & Magazine, Finest Event and Outstanding Achievement. You can discover a lot of great initiatives thanks to that! Moreover, Sprudge posts job openings in the coffee world regularly. So if you are planning on changing your career path – here’s a place to start!
Bitter barista
And last but not least, if you love irony as much as we do, you may like this one. Next time you feel like shouting on a coffee ignorant, an unpleasant customer or anybody else, just read a few posts, it will surely make your day better and sweeten some of the everyday bitterness of this craft!
