AndrewIn the state of Illinois, nothing outside of Chicago matters. That’s a Chicagoan perception anyway. Sadly, though, it’s also the mindset of many Chicago-area suburbanites. […]
Month: September 2012
Thirty-Thirty Coffee Company // Guatemala San Juan
Today marks the second coffee we’ll be sipping from Thirty-Thirty Coffee Company in Peoria, Illinois. I have to admit, I was incredibly surprised by how […]
Thirty-Thirty Coffee Company // Ethiopia Hachira
I was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois—one of Chicago’s rough and tumble “South Town” suburbs. I’ve lived most of my life in and around […]
Chapter 57: “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (1992)
“Most issues on a farm return to the issue of keeping up appearances. Farmers extrapolate quickly from the farm to the farmer. A farmer looks […]
Passion House Coffee Roasters // Mexico Altura Coatepec
After a long, exhausting trip out of town, it’s good to come home to Chicago. It’s even better to come home to a package of […]
Review: Kaldi’s Coffee // Mexico Coatepec
A few weeks ago, while ambling through the aisles of Coffee Fest at Navy Pier here in Chicago, I got a Tweet from somebody urging […]
Reggie’s Roast // Jamaica Blue Mountain
A few weeks ago, I got myself into a heap of trouble with a pretty prominent member of a Jamaican musical dynasty (I’m not naming […]
CREMA // Brazil Fazenda Recreio
There are, literally, thousands of coffee farms in Brazil producing about five billion pounds of coffee per year. Each year, hundreds of these top farms […]