“Overall, women earn less income, own less land, control fewer assets, have less access to credit and market information, greater difficulty obtaining inputs, and fewer training and leadership opportunities. These disparities create inefficiencies in the coffee value chain because women, who perform fundamental agricultural tasks, are not accessing the resources…
You’re invited! WHAT: A very special virtual coffee tasting WHEN: Next Saturday, February 18th at 11am – 12:30pm EST WHO: Meet Jim Ngokwey of Mighty Peace Coffee, a social impact coffee importer who has sourced one of this month’s coffees SIGN UP HERE! Linda Mugaruka, left, Chief Quality Officer and Agronomist for Mighty…
Happy Black History Month! This month, we’re celebrating the incredible accomplishments of Black Americans and those across the diaspora that built the specialty coffee industry and continue to guide it forward – from coffee farmers, to exporters and importers, to coffee roasters and baristas. As we reflected on Black History…
We recently received a few inquiries asking if we had any low acid coffees, so we decided to test the pH of our five coffee profiles using a digital pH meter! Like many things with coffee, the more we found out, the more excited we became, and the more questions…
At Driftaway, we host three types of comparative coffee tastings: Weekly Saturday tastings with the Explorer Box, 90 minute Private tastings , and Corporate tastings. For all three, we taste the coffees in the professional, or cupping style. For this method, each coffee is steeped in a mug, side by…
What you need: Kalita Wave Filter 30g of coffee 525g of water (filtered is best) Carafe or large mug Kitchen scale Timer Kettle (preferably gooseneck) Grinder LET’S GET STARTED! 1. Heat 525g of water between 200 °F and 205 °F (3 to 5 min off boil). You will use 500g to…
Want to make amazing stove top espresso? Learn the tricks and tools you need to have with this ultimate brew guide for the moka pot!
How to make French press coffee Jun 10, 2021 The French press has been extremely popular for almost a century because it’s easy to use and makes a super rich, full bodied coffee. It’s a very gentle way of extracting flavor from coffee grounds with hot water, so all of…
Since starting Driftaway, we’ve offered our main flavor profiles as single origin coffees, so that we can easily communicate the taste and terroir of coffee regions from around the world. For coffees roasting in September 2021, we’re shaking things up a bit, and are excited to share a different approach:…
For cold brew, it’s best to use a medium-coarse grind – one that looks like kosher salt.When making cold brew, the coffee grounds steep in the cold water for more than 12 hours (we recommend 16 hours). A coarser grind helps to avoid removing too many coffee solids (read: flavor)…
