周末午后，阳光斜斜地落进店里，朋友推门进来，说要找一支能让他记住的咖啡。我顺手从架子上取下几支埃塞俄比亚的豆子，告诉他，若论咖啡的老家，还得回到东非那片高地。全世界咱们喝到的阿拉比卡，根子几乎都扎在那 [more…]

滤杯里的液体泛着浅琥珀色，闻起来只有一股闷闷的稻草气。我对着水槽发了会儿呆，明明步骤都对了，怎么就是一杯带颜色的水。后来才摸清，家里那台烧水壶降温太快，磨豆机刻度又偏粗，水哗啦哗啦漏下去，粉还没醒透就 [more…]

水壶刚离火，蒸汽还在玻璃壶壁上爬，我端起杯子凑近闻了闻——又散了。盯着水槽边那台用了几年的滤水器，忽然想起朋友提过一句：你家自来水里的余氯，会把花香按在水里浮不上来。水这回事，我以前真没细想。自来水烧 [more…]

磨豆机嗡嗡响完，花香突然涌出来，站在旁边的朋友愣住，问我咖啡怎么会像刚剪过的草坪那样带着清甜。我递过杯子说，这就是耶加雪菲，埃塞俄比亚高地上长出来的豆子，很多老玩家回头想想，自己当初爱上黑咖啡，大概都 [more…]

整理豆袋时闻到一缕熟悉的甜香，才发现架子上躺着好几支瑰夏，价格从日常口粮到节日犒赏差出不少。这个名字到底凭什么被叫作咖啡里的名门品种？我翻了不少资料，又一支支自己冲过来，才慢慢摸出点门道。瑰夏的老家在 [more…]

下班回家往沙发一瘫，顺手刷到一段做咖啡的视频，不少人家里既摆着细嘴壶，又搁着摩卡壶，却总在纠结同一包豆子能不能两头兼顾。我的看法是，冲得出和冲得好是两码事。烘焙度像一扇门，浅烘推开是柑橘与白花的世界， [more…]

Geopolitical tensions in the Horn of Africa are once again heating up. Egypt recently delivered a second batch of military aid to Somalia, including heavy artillery, anti-tank weapons, and armored vehicles, a move that has sparked strong concern from Ethiopia and Somaliland. Behind this series of upheavals lies a multi-layered contest involving Egypt, Somalia, and Ethiopia over the Somaliland port agreement and the Grand Renaissance Dam. As the situation continues to deteriorate, the risk of war is closing in on Ethiopia's eastern coffee-growing region of Harar, while factors such as the imminent EUDR policy and currency depreciation are also profoundly shaping the country's coffee export landscape. [more…]