“Aspire to inspire before you expire“ Before you ask me, I want to assure you that the above quote has absolutely nothing to do with this post; save for the fact that it coincidentally has the word expire in it. The word expire has everything to do with this post because it is a word that has been grossly misused and misunderstood in the food business. We need to Slow…
Category: <span>Coffee</span>
We all know what they say about simplicity and sophistication. I have been pondering about how to out this post in the simplest way possible, but found myself completely eroding my cerebellum trying to come up with a simplified way of explaining how a solid mass can turn directly into gas without involving terms from The MIGHTY and most abhorred, one and only Chemistry! This is the point where I…
There is a possibility that this time round, coffee shopping will be a woman’s thing—unlike the coffee dates which we all agreed earlier on this post here to being a man’s thing. Recently, a bunch of Kenyan netizens came up with an outrageous proposal to local supermarket chain’s management to provide them with sitting benches and free wifi so that they can do important things like photo-shopping while their women go…
Let’s agree that a Coffee Date is a man’s thing. I mean, if the man is not in control of the coffee ordering process then as a good neighbor, you might as well advise him to postpone the date and read this piece, just to avoid the embarrassment that comes with the jargon used in coffee houses. After all, true love waits. We have been living with the agony…
Ask anyone in the west, Europe or Asia on what they know about Kenya, and chances are you will not miss an answer that mentions the greatness of Kenyan coffee. Nearly all internet searches on Kenyan coffee will pop out praises on the unique characteristics of the Kenyan coffee beans that will mention the full body, balanced acidity and the distinctive fruity notes for the cupping enthusiasts. It is no…
Overview There is no doubt that the coffee sector in Kenya is facing a down surge both in terms of prices and crop production. To put this into perspective, some statistical inferences on the coffee sector will be important to help understand the current situation. Since its introduction in the 1980s, Kenya’s annual coffee production volumes were in excess of 150,000 tonnes. This has since reduced to a…
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