#coffee-flavor-profile

#coffee-flavor-profile

Crown Maple's introduction of Brown Butter-flavored maple syrup demonstrates that sometimes the most powerful moves are those grounded in consumer insight and strategic restraint.

Lachlan Morton made a name for himself as a professional road racer before charting his own path of endurance challenges and gravel racing, including an Eversting World Record and a 1st place finish at Unbound gravel in 2024.

The Omnom Spiced White and Caramel Bar is flavored with orange peel, malt, and cinnamon, giving it a distinct citrusy and bitter flavor that overpowers the chocolate notes.

The CQI Coffee Corps program represents the very best of the coffee sector. Coffee Corps volunteers embody a spirit of generosity and collaboration that has expanded opportunities for producers and made our industry stronger.

Lavazza has opened a Los Angeles Training Center, its second major North American training-center investment in less than six months following the launch of its Dallas facility in December 2025.

Orange Goose Coffee, a Hawaiian and Korean-inspired cafe, started as a pop-up in April 2024 and evolved into a permanent operation by March 2026.

Where larger, electric espresso machines generate the pressure and heat needed for espresso inside their massive housings, the Flair takes a different approach. A large lever sits atop a small stack of brewing equipment, and you use that lever to create the bars of pressure necessary to get espresso. There's a chamber for your grounds and another atop it for hot water.

Toast said the analysis is based on same-store restaurant sales from January 2024 through December 2025 across a cohort on its platform, which served about 164,000 locations as of Dec. 31, 2025. The biggest declines through 2025 were found in green tea (-4.9%), black tea (-3.4%), hot drip coffee (-3.3%) and regular soda (-2.3%).

A good cup of coffee (decaf included) delivers on all fronts: Flavor, acidity, body, sweetness, and balance, aka The Pleasure Principle. The infamously-snobbish coffee élite might maintain that decaf drinkers aren't "real coffee fans." But, as a veteran barista, I would argue that the opposite is actually true: Only the most diehard bean-heads tread decaf domain.

Whether you prefer a classic flavor like caramel or want something a bit more unique like French toast, we tried to cover the gamut of flavors. We ranked each latte based on how accurate the flavor was to its description and its overall sweetness level (meaning, was it a pure sugar bomb or was espresso the only flavor present? - balance is key) to crown the best of the best.

Coffee brimming with lemon myrtle cream. Matcha banked with strawberry-lychee foam. Cold brew with choc-orange froth thick enough to stuff a pillow. Every caffeinated drink I've ordered in Sydney recently has the appearance of a generously frosted cake. It's a trend you'll see or sip across Australia, from Toasted Carine's iced latte with maple cold foam in Perth to Le Bajo's chilled oolong tea with raspberry cream in Melbourne.

Americans love coffee. We've been consuming our favorite caffeinated bean juice since this country was founded - we can thank the British and their tax on tea for forging our love affair with the drink, starting as far back as 1773. But back then, coffee was a luxury. These days, it's a staple in almost every American morning routine, with café stops built into countless commutes and brewers in nearly every kitchen.

If you're a coffee drinker, then you know how much fun it can be to venture to one of your favorite coffee shops to order a special coffee beverage you can't make at home. Unfortunately, that's an expensive habit to keep up every day, which is why it's nice to have the ingredients you need to make flavorful coffee at home.

In a move that challenges both quality control and marketing norms in specialty coffee, Pennsylvania-based roaster Passenger Coffee is releasing a high-end coffee harvested 10 years ago. The company described this week's release of a Kenya Kiriani Peaberry from the 2016 harvest - frozen as green coffee at peak freshness - as "proof of concept" for its long-term green coffee freezing program.

Moving to having a dedicated app for people's phones is something I've been planning for some time. The way of accessing the community is new, but the community has deep roots. Building on Roasting Lab's three-year run as a subscription-based professional development and networking hub, the apps are designed to make the platform easier to use day to day, extending its focus on community mentorship, guidance and practical advice for roasters of all skill levels.