Space: The Final Coffee Frontier
For paid subscribers: From the preposterous tech startup that wanted to roast coffee in space to espresso on the International Space Station, there’s a lot of coffee up there.
It's decaf, but not as we know it (possibly good)
Fluctuating coffee prices, another coffee union in Louisville, and Kona coffee producers face a ‘farmageddon’. Plus a look at how technology could help improve decaf coffee.
Read the whole thing over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back on Friday with a new piece, but until then it’s goodbye from a pleased-looking Merlin:

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