history Articles

P Pat Cotter

Coffee History: Seattle!

Welcome to another installment of Coffee History! We decided one very important re...

• Sep 25, 2018

P Pat Cotter

Coffee History: Colombia!

Colombia is the third largest producer of coffee in the world. It's no surprise th...

• Aug 30, 2018

P Pat Cotter

Coffee Culture Around the World: China

You might think that Chinese consumers would only ever want tea. The country is kn...

• Aug 22, 2018

P Pat Cotter

Coffee History: The Great Italian Coffee Ban

If you've been following our coffee history series you know that coffee has had a ...

• Aug 7, 2018

P Pat Cotter

Coffee Culture Around the World: The French Café

One of the most distinctive parts of a place's coffee culture is its cafés. In man...

• Jul 12, 2018

P Pat Cotter

Coffee History: A Revolutionary Beverage

It's the 4th of July, which means fireworks, grilling, and for us, coffee! Coffee...

• Jul 3, 2018

P Pat Cotter

Coffee History: The Origin of Coffee!

Coffee has a long and winding history. It's a drink that has been popular all over...

• Jun 6, 2018

F Felicia Kloewer

Burundi Coffee Tour - The Story Behind The Coffee

In the Headquarters of Seattle Coffee Gear, we’ve been dying to put together a spe...

• Apr 22, 2016

K Kat

Caffeine, Asian Style

We love reading about the different caffeinated traditions around the world -- fro...

• Dec 14, 2009

K Kat

'The most beautiful coffee store I had seen is in Tangier'

We ran across this photoblog a couple of weeks ago and really loved these photos o...

• Sep 16, 2009

K Kat

Brown Bean: The Community!

If you have read our About page before, you know that we spun off the blog from Se...

• Sep 1, 2009

K Kat

Another Feather in the Cap of Shade Grown Coffee

A recent report released by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecol...

• Aug 3, 2009