There’s been a lot of chatter lately around the SCA’s shiny new toy on the cupping block—the Coffee Value Assessment (CVA) and how it compares to our tried-and-true 2004 Q cupping protocol. Let me be honest, friends: cupping is like a high school sweetheart; you can’t quit. You cling to it, swear it’s the best,[…]
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From 2004 to CVA: Same Spoon, Different Dance
By Kurtis-Michael Kearby Business, Coffee Roasting, green coffee, green coffee beans, Papua New Guinea Green Coffee, specialty coffee, Specialty Green Coffee, Uncategorized Oct 16, 2025
Can A Relationship Improve Coffee Quality?
By Luke Waite - pomelo coffee consulting green coffee, green coffee beans, Papua New Guinea Green Coffee, PNG Green Coffee, specialty coffee, Specialty Green Coffee Aug 01, 2021
Specialty coffee…direct trade…fair trade…ethical…relationship. What does it all mean? So many roasters tout that they scour the earth in search of the best coffee sourcing it, roasting it and offering it to you. While that sounds amazing, in my experience, there are many well meaning folks who say they are doing this but actually aren’t.[…]
A Glimpse into the World of Green Coffee in 2021
By Kurtis-Michael Kearby green coffee, green coffee beans, Papua New Guinea Green Coffee, PNG Green Coffee, specialty coffee, Specialty Green Coffee, Uncategorized Jun 25, 2021
The world of coffee is big. It has many different submarkets which can have varying standards, preferences, and procedures. We focus on what can be referred to as the third wave specialty market, which values ethical sourcing, quality, and relationships among other things. With regards to green coffee, it also sometimes operates under fixed-pricing models[…]
What Are Peaberries?
By Kurtis-Michael Kearby green coffee, green coffee beans, Papua New Guinea Green Coffee, PNG Green Coffee, specialty coffee, Specialty Green Coffee Apr 30, 2021
What’s the deal with peaberries? They’re not peas and they’re not berries. They do not look like an average coffee bean. Are they a defect or delicacy? What are these mysterious beans? Coffee grows on trees – shrubs, to be more precise. Buds blossom into cherries and inside the cherry are the coffee beans. These[…]