Jay's Strange Blog

From time to time, we invite guest writers to pen their thoughts and findings about the coffee industry. This week, we're happy to have...

This post probably will not come off well-constructed nor will it have any conclusions - mainly because it's something that I'm sti...

Lately I've been looking at furnished apartments to live in part time. Looking for something nice and not terribly expensive. In my mind...

Cold Brew Towers at work in The Lab at Spro. Just yesterday I was mentioned in a blog post about Iced Coffee and Cold Brews . For those ...

  Oh gosh, I think I'm in trouble.    It's been several months since I last posted. I've been a bit busy in life sorting ...

Every once in a while, a friend or someone I know will ask me about the challenges of running your own company and how I deal with things. ...

The bread basket at Bacan. From the street Bacan Restaurante is simply gorgeous looking. Ana pointed out to me the other night as we drov...

Enjoying the evening at The Red Tree House. In a city of twenty million people, you'd think madness would ensue at all hours. And for...

Making coffee at Kaffeemaccherei. Like many places around the world, ask the local coffee people about their "scene" and you ge...

2842 - perhaps not the fastest way to the Super Bowl. Somewhere along the line, I seem to have gone off and into the End Zone. Years ag...

Aventius Doppelbock, Binkert's Bavarian Bratwurst and Herr Swengler's Kraut. One thing I know for sure after a week touring acros...

Starting off with cold water. During last year's coffee industry trade show, I ran across a small booth with one guy. He was hawking ...

Just recently, one of my friends in New York City was dumped by his girlfriend (who is also a friend of mine), in that painful, bewildering ...

Just a leisurely cruise on the Autobahn. It occurred to me a couple of days ago on the four hour drive from Bamberg to Berlin just what t...

Welcome to The Rainforest Lodge. At the beginning of the day, I said to everyone: "No hiking or trekking." I just wasn't in...

Oh yeah, just moving a tank. In three pieces. No problem. I've spent a week now on Kampala's slow-moving, traffic-jammed streets ...