look who’s talking

espresso, Wolfs Brew, Long Beach, CA
- “Great progress has been made over the last 20 years, but I believe producer organizations and small-holder coffee farmers still carry the heaviest burden.” Sara Morrocchi
- “I love putting on some music, guzzling coffee, catching up with the hair and make-up team (today it was with the insanely talented Min Min Ma and Renato Campora), and just seeing what we come up with that day.” Elle
- “So there we were, the young guy and me, standing out on the sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon. I was about to head back to my hotel when the young guy asked me in English if I’d like to have a coffee with him.” The New Yorker
- “The farmer has been getting far less than five percent of the retail value,” Nkandu said. “Where does the 95% go? And the only way for this farmer to enhance the value that he’s getting from this coffee value chain is to upgrade.” VoaNews
- “Hakim Sulaimani is wearing a burgundy track jacket half-zipped over a crisp white shirt, with a black bag that reads “Degentrify your coffee” in bright orange letters slung across his shoulder.” Food and Wine
- “We created a self-service entry kind of thing,” Duane says, “where we set up an appointment. So you buy your coffee, get instructions to schedule your time and then you get a code to access [the store]. It was a way to keep the locals with us. And at-home coffee sales took off in 2020, so we didn’t wanna miss that ball.” Business Observer
- Italy is asking for the espresso to be awarded global protected status. It says the dark shot of coffee is a prized social and cultural ritual that should be put on Unesco‘s list of the world’s intangible heritage. Daily Mail