Coffee Culture
Latest articles, industry insights and brewing guides
How to Taste Coffee Like a Connoisseur
Learn how climate, origin, and roast impact coffee flavor, and how to store, brew, and evaluate coffee like a professional.
Haruki Murakami’s Tokyo Through Its Coffee Shops
Explore Tokyo’s literary coffee spots tied to Haruki Murakami’s novels, with insights from Guo Zhengpei’s travel books blending fiction and reality.
Where Marx and Engels Wrote the Communist Manifesto Over Coffee
Discover the Brussels café where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels drafted the Communist Manifesto in 1845, now a global landmark for history and coffee lovers.
How Starbucks Builds Your First Coffee Experience
Learn how Starbucks turns every first cup into a lasting impression, with global expansion facts, store design details, and sensory experience strategies.
How This Umbrella Design Holds Your Coffee Cup
A simple O-shaped handle redesign lets you carry an umbrella and a coffee cup in one hand — perfect for rainy commutes.
What Makes a Good Barista? 7 Professional Standards
Explore the essential traits and ethics every professional barista must master—from customer care to technical skill and teamwork.
How Different Countries Drink Coffee Around the World
Explore how Americans, Turks, Italians, French, Chinese, and Japanese enjoy coffee—with rituals, preferences, and cultural twists that shape each nation’s unique coffee style.
How to Have the Perfect High Tea with Coffee
Learn how to enjoy a meaningful high tea moment with coffee—whether solo or with friends—using simple rituals, great beans, and thoughtful pairings.
Where to Drink Saint Helena and Kopi Luwak Coffee
Saint Helena coffee arrives in Taiwan in June, selling out fast. Kopi Luwak is back at Martiniz Cafe—here’s where to find both.
How to Taste and Enjoy Coffee Like a Pro
Learn the right way to drink coffee, pair it with desserts, and understand its cultural roots—from black coffee to flavored drinks.
How to Properly Taste and Drink Coffee
Learn the essentials of coffee tasting etiquette—from holding your cup to adding sugar—with clear steps for a refined coffee experience.
How Kopi Luwak Coffee Is Made: Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how civet coffee is produced, from fruit selection to fecal processing, and why it costs hundreds per pound.
How Coffee and Tea Shaped China and Japan’s Literary Cafés
Why did Lu Xun always choose tea over coffee? Discover how literary cafés in Shanghai and Tokyo became hubs for culture—without always serving their signature drinks.
Why Americans See Starbucks Differently Than Chinese Consumers
Starbucks is a cheap coffee staple in the US, but in China it’s seen as a symbol of sophistication. Here’s why the same brand means different things across cultures.
How a Cup of Coffee Restores Cosmic Balance
Discover how a simple act—like tossing coffee—can restore peace amid chaos, inspired by cosmic theory and everyday human conflict.
OldTown Cafe: Malaysia’s Everyday Specialty Coffee Spot
Find out how OldTown’s affordable white coffee compares to its instant version—and why Malaysians love its no-frills café culture.
Writing in Cafés Without WiFi: What Actually Helps
No WiFi in cafés may boost focus—here’s how writers used quiet spaces pre-internet, and why filtering distractions helps serious work.
How Nanyang Coffee Is Roasted and Cracked by Hand
Nanyang coffee takes about 45 minutes to roast, mix with sugar, and crack by hand—here’s why this labor-intensive process still thrives.
How One Man Made Free Starbucks Coffee Possible via Mobile Payments
A programmer shared his Starbucks card publicly, letting strangers buy coffee using his balance—tracked live on Twitter.
David Cameron Returns to Italian Cafe to Tip Barista
The former UK PM returned to a Tuscan cafe to apologise for not leaving a tip and gave the waitress a 10 euro note for two drinks.