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Despite the fact that coffee beans were first discovered in the neighboring Ethiopia many centuries ago, coffee production in Kenya only began at the turn of the 20th century. Since then Kenya has gone on to be the 21st largest producer of coffee in the world. The industry produces in excess of 51 million kilograms of coffee each year and employs over 6 million people. The majority of Kenyan coffee is grown in the elevated areas between Mount Kenya in the north and the city of Nairobi in the southwest. The fertile volcanic soil in this region is ideal for...

by Eva Wasney, Winnipeg Free Press It’s not every day that a seven-month-old Winnipeg business gets featured at a red carpet award show. So, it’s understandable that Robert Young assumed an email invitation to attend the MTV Movie & TV Awards was a scam."I was just about to reply that the Nigerian prince already has my money," says the local author and owner of Writers & Rockers Coffee Company. "But I didn’t, I just kind of left it."Turns out, the offer was legitimate — and then some. Young’s coffee beans will be included in the gift bags and brewed for...

Writers & Rockers Coffee no ordinary joe, pays homage to literature, musicBy: Ben Waldman, Winnipeg Free Press | Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 Writer Robert Young was hard at work earlier this year on his latest novel, a 1930s murder mystery set in Wolseley starring a strict Catholic detective forced to work with a tarot reader to solve the case.But the story didn’t just write itself, and Young — author of six books of fiction and non-fiction, including biographies of Lyle Bauer and Dieter Brock of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — came up against a familiar foe: writer’s block.That’s when he...

Extraction is arguably the most important and least understood aspect of coffee brewing. Put simply, extraction is the method of pulling the flavor from your coffee beans. It’s the magic that turns water and beans into a beautiful beverage. As water passes through the grounds, it dissolves all sorts of compounds that end up in your cup. But this is where things get tricky. Some of those compounds taste great, but others are kind of nasty. To get the good ones, and the right amount of them, you need to properly extract your coffee, meaning that the water dissolves the right stuff, and the...

There are a lot of reasons to love cold brew. Unlike iced coffee, you can control the concentration so that you don’t end up with a diluted drink.And since the grounds aren’t subjected to heat, cold brew has a different chemical profile than coffee made with hot water. This results in lower levels of acidity, which means a smoother cup that’s more mellow on the stomach.Cold brew is popping up everywhere from local cafes to national chains, but it’s also easy (and cheap) to make at home. Just follow these simple steps. What You NeedCoarsely ground coffee. This is important....