The Brew Blog

The US Coffee Championships Roasting Championship — how it works, what it tests, and why a USCC medal is one of the strongest single quality signals in American specialty coffee.

Roast level determines whether you taste the coffee or the roast. Here's how light, medium, and dark roasting mask or reveal what's actually in the bean.

There are, by most industry estimates, somewhere north of 10,000 coffee roasters operating in the United States.

For coffee enthusiasts, a good way to think about the landscape is this: coffee competitions are a set of lenses. Each one shows you something useful, but not everything.

The 15-15-15 rule is a freshness guideline for coffee lovers. Here’s what each “15” stands for.

Choosing between light roast and dark roast feels like picking a side. But what really separates these two ends of the roast spectrum?