Cometeer isn’t the brand you should be cheerleading if you love coffee every morning and here’s why 🪡🧵

Democracy in Ohio is in trouble:

Looking at Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi these days, I wonder what Michael Hastings would have made of it all

With the news of Cometeer laying off employees right before Christmas, and dropping contracts with roasters, I’d like to reiterate this thread. They aren’t a revolutionary brand, they’re a cold k cup company. Christopher Feran

A polyculture of wheat grown with walnut trees produces ~ 40% higher yields. 1 hectare of wheat/walnut mix yields the same as 1.4 hectares of each crop grown separately. This is an example of overyielding.

The typical coffee farm applies ~ 200 kg/ha of synthetic nitrogen each year, an excessive amount I worked with this farm to phase out synthetic N and cut a total of 195,000 kgs of annual applications The trees are healthier, higher yielding, and the coffee tastes better...

I'm editing my story about coffee shops we lost during the pandemic--what are your favorite shops that never reopened or never recovered from COVID?

In the spirit of #KojiBuildsCommunity, the process he helped develop, specifically to match the climate and conditions coffee producers exist within, is fully open-source and available on Christopher Feran's blog. christopherferan.com/2021/10/23/cof…

Bobby's businesses include but are not limited to: Townhall, Rebol, Barley House, Green Goat Café, Rise dispensaries, Harry Buffalo, Lyv, Tenk Building, 2125 Superior Lofts, the Mandrake

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Coffee production under the shade of mixed hardwoods. Hardwoods will be harvested after ~ 20 years, bringing in more revenue than the previous 20 years combined of specialty coffee sales. This type of system will be a central pillar of the future of coffee production.

This is the best overview of the business of Ethiopian coffee that I’ve ever read. Covers history, society, quality, & economics all in specific detail. Written by a buyer of green coffee who has traveled here constantly since 2014 Worth the long read: christopherferan.com/2023/04/09/mar…

one time in college we were all talking about what time period we would go back to live in if we could and this one girl was like “this is the only time period with The National” and i’ll be real she made some points.

It's not just you: nobody can find that blueberry-tasting single-origin Yirgacheffe you had in 2008 anymore. This captivating article—book, practically—about Ethiopia and its #coffee by Christopher Feran explains why.

This is epic

A friendly reminder that coffee farms are the most beautiful farms.

California law requires this posting to include a pay range. Also, Sprudge should require pay as part of their job listings by default. They are a figurehead in coffee media and have the ability to make some positive change happen.

"trusted source of local independent news" Cleveland Scene deafening silence might have something to do with that settlement they signed clevescene.com/news/townhall-…

christopher feran writes very knowledgeably about the micro-stuff (and has an optimism that i don’t really share), but the dynamics here discussed here in kenya are playing out at a large scale everywhere, and there’s no stopping them christopherferan.com/2021/12/25/ken…

That piece is here ! And I maintain this optimism. Will be posting from my travels in Ethiopia this year beginning Sunday on IG christopherferan.com/2023/04/09/mar…