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Study Finds Link Between Caffeine Consumption And Migraines

By American Journal of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, caffeine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Headaches, migraines, Suzanne Bertisch, Wire

It’s not all roses when it comes to coffee consumption’s affect on individuals, though I’d gladly keep my head buried in the grounds or lie—to myself and to others—to espouse the contrary. But alas, a new study from researchers at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that caffeine consumption in migraine sufferers can trigger an attack.

But don’t worry, migraine sufferers, it’s not any and all caffeine consumption; there’s a discrete point of no return: three caffeinated beverages.

For their study that was recently published in the American Journal of Medicine, the researchers followed 98 adults with frequent episodic migraines for at least six weeks, having them log diaries twice daily. In the diaries, participants would report on the total number of caffeinated beverages they consumed—coffee, tea, soda, and energy drinks—“headache reports detailing the onset, duration, intensity and medications used for migraines,” as well as “information about other common migraine triggers, including medication use, alcoholic beverage intake, activity levels, depressive symptoms, psychological stress, sleep patterns and menstrual cycles.”

Using “self-matching,” an approach where the number of migraine attacks on days without caffeine were compared to the number on days with caffeine or an individual level, the researcher found “no association between one to two servings of caffeinated beverages and the odds of headaches on the same day.” They did find, however, higher incidents of same-day headaches where the participant consumed three or more caffeinated beverages. Participants who infrequently consumed caffeine saw a similar increase in headaches at even one or two beverages.

Principle investigator Dr. Suzanne Bertisch, a Harvard Medical School assistant professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess, had this to say:

This study was a novel opportunity to examine the short-term effects of daily caffeinated beverage intake on the risk of migraine headaches. Interestingly, despite some patients with episodic migraine thinking they need to avoid caffeine, we found that drinking one to two servings per day was not associated with higher risk of headache. More work is needed to confirm these findings, but it is an important first step.

These results comes as somewhat good news for coffee-loving migraine sufferers. Caffeine has been generally thought of as a cause of headaches, and according to this research, in some cases it is. But it may not be true across the board. Two cups of coffee may just be the way to go.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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Build-Outs Of Summer: Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters In Baltimore, MD

By Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters, baltimore, Build-Outs Of Summer, Cafes, Corey Voelkel, maryland, North America, Places, Staff Picks, USA

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For many folks, knowledge of the city of Baltimore begins and ends with The Wire or Serial or with some pretty big lies from a very small man. But anyone who has actually stepped foot in the city knows that these reference points—both true and not—only paint a very small sliver of an otherwise vibrant city. We’ve covered a few different Baltimore coffee shops in the past, from Ceremony to Dovecote, and the scene is as thriving and diverse as the city it represents.

And we couldn’t be happier to be heading back to Charm City for our next entry into the Build-Outs of Summer: Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters. Aveley is looking to find their place in the local scene and is planning to do so by bringing a West Coast vibe to their local ethos. With some aesthetic ideas imported over from San Diego, Aveley is staying as local as possible, even including the importers they opt to work with. For the rest of the story, we check in with Corey Voelkel, the driving force behind Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters in Baltimore, Maryland.

The 2019 Build-Outs of Summer is presented by Pacific Barista SeriesnotNeutralKeepCup, and Mill City Roasters.

As told to Sprudge by Corey Voelkel.

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For those who aren’t familiar, will you tell us about your company?

Aveley Farms was started after experiencing real coffee while living in San Diego. After a few years of home roasting and education, I decided to quit my job, drive cross country, and start Aveley Farms. Aveley Farms was started with the goal of pushing the Coffee Culture forward in Baltimore and educate the end consumer. We source as much coffee from Baltimore based importers as possible, including Keffa Coffee, The Coffee Quest US, and more.

Can you tell us a bit about the new space?

Our space was designed as a West Coast Style Roastery & Cafe in an old Baltimore warehouse with plenty of charm.

We have 13′ ceilings with 8′ panel glass warehouse windows, 100-year-old tattered hardwood floors, tiled wall from floor to ceiling behind our bar, and exposed storage. Our green coffee and cupping table double as a bar and wall to our roasting operations and 12-kilo Diedrich!

Oh and did I mention we are on the second floor in an old warehouse building in the Harbor East Community.

What’s your approach to coffee?

My background in coffee started and was influenced by Bird Rock Coffee Roasters. I believe that it’s our job as Roasters to build a sustainable supply chain and educate the end consumer. We roast all of our coffees to Origin and source as direct to farmer as possible.

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Any machines, coffees, special equipment lined up?

’99 12 kilo Diedrich from Amavida Coffee! Matte Black Espresso Bar including La Marzocco Linea PB, Mazzer grinders, Curtis drip, and FETCO tower.

How is your project considering sustainability?

We source as much of our coffee from Baltimore-based importers in an attempt to grow the Baltimore Coffee Scene.

We started an education program, including free public cuppings every other Friday, free home brew classes, and our “Common Grounds” series in partnerships with Diamondback Brewery, Keffa Coffee, and more.

We are working with our importers to make a difference at farm level through our jute bag sales with 100% going directly to farm level. (Currently working with Keffa Coffee on a project in El Salvador with nutrition programs).

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What’s your hopeful target opening date/month?

We opened May 18th, 2019!!

Are you working with craftspeople, architects, and/or creatives that you’d like to mention?

Two good friends, Zach and Sean (Architect and Engineer) helped get through the city permitting process! Everything was designed by me 🙂

Thank you!

Thank you!!

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Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters is located at 1400 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Baratza Is Heading To Oakland For A Meet The Makers Events At The Crown

By baratza, california, events, grinders, mahlkonig, Meet The Maker: Baratza – Grinder Quality Inside and Out, oakland, Pierce Jens, Quinn Anderson, The Crown, Wire

If there’s one grinder brand coffee professionals and home users alike can agree on, it’s Baratza. Sure, everyone wants a towering Mahlkönig EK43 to act as a literal pillar to your coffee devoutness, but who’s got the counter clearance for that? I know I don’t (but Mahlkönig, if you’re listening and want to send me one, I’ll remove a cabinet or two to make it work). Baratza is the best of both worlds that exists in both worlds. You’re just as likely to find an Encore or a Sette at your coffee-geek friend’s house as you are to see a Forte at your local cafe brew bar.

And now the Bellevue, Washington company is taking the 800-mile trip down the I-5 to the Bay Area for an event on Wendesday, August 21st. Taking place The Crown in Oakland, Meet The Maker: Baratza – Grinder Quality Inside and Out is a grinder deep dive for all levels of coffee geekery.

Baratza Support and Service Managers Pierce Jens and Quinn Anderson, respectively, will be on- and for the first-of-its-kind road event, where they will be leading a variety of topics as they relate to the company’s grinder roster. The day begins with a “how and why” of Baratza’s grinder design and build, specifically as it relates to “performance, value, and sustainability.” This will be followed by a “tips and tricks” session to learn ways to improve the quality of your brew and maintain your grinder.

And perhaps the coolest part of the event, at least for current Baratza owners, the Support and Service team will troubleshoot and fix when possible any issues ailing their grinders. FOR FREE. As someone who recently got their grinder kajiggered by a not-so-tiny rock in a bag of Chiapas, this is the part of the even that speaks to me. Or I guess I could stop being so lazy and recalibrate it myself—it’s really not that hard—but then who would be there to keep you abreast of all the coffee news?

Meet The Maker then caps off the night with beer, wine, and appetizers as well as a test of your grind knowledge that could result in you winning a brand new Baratza grinder.

Meet The Maker: Baratza – Grinder Quality Inside and Out is completely free to attend, but registration via Eventbrite is required, which can be done so here. Don’t just show up with a handful of grinder parts expecting them to find the little plastic detent you lost somewhere along the way (definitely NOT speaking from experience here); you’ve gotta have a ticket. And as of writing this, there so just 30 remaining, so if you want to go, you should act fast. It all kicks off 5:00pm on Wednesday, August 21st and The Crown in Oakland. For more information, visit the Meet The Maker: Baratza – Grinder Quality Inside and Out Eventbrite page.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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A Coffee Guide To Ottawa, Ontario

By 49th parallel, Black Squirrel Books, Bluebarn, Bread By Us, Bridgehead Roastery, Buchipop, Cafes, Canada, city guide, Cloudforest, Cut Coffee, Cyclelogik, Detour Coffee, Drift Magazine, Fellow, Ground Control Cyclops, Guides, kalita, kinto, Little Victories, LOAM Clay Studio, North America, ontario, Ottawa, Pilot Coffee, probat, Quitters, Staff Picks, SuzyQ, The Ministry of Coffee and Social Affairs, The Record Centre, Voga Coffee

Ottawa, Ontario—Canada’s capital, caught between Montreal and Toronto on too many bands’ Canadian tour legs. At first blush, when thinking of its coffee culture, Ottawa might conjure something of a blank slate—but that just might be all the snow.

Truthfully, Ottawa’s coffee scene has exploded as of late. Having just hosted its inaugural Ottawa Coffee Fest in the 4,900-square-foot, historic Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa stands poised to counter an ill-deserved reputation as a sleepy government town with a Starbucks at every corner.

Whether as a waypoint or a destination on your next trip up north, Ottawa has in recent years become a distinctive stop for coffee drinkers, with a robust and lively scene and a litany of well-differentiated takes on the local shop.

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Bridgehead Roastery

Any exploration of Ottawa’s third wave scene starts here—both literally and figuratively. Founded in 2000 and having since grown to a sizable chain (that has thus far resisted expansion beyond city limits), Bridgehead holds down the capital with a roastery location at the crossroads of Little Italy and Chinatown, in an architecturally impressive warehouse.

A Probat roaster proudly hums along just behind the seating area; beside it, a German stone mill grinds away for fresh loaves of their in-house bread. The cupping lab and other open offices innocuously line the back of the establishment.

On-demand Kalita pour-overs and housemade kombucha feature on the menu, while expansive murals highlight Bridgehead’s fair trade relationships dating back to the beginning when the company was at one point run by Oxfam.

Most anyone familiar with Ottawa’s coffee scene will readily acknowledge Bridgehead’s pioneering influence. Although Ottawa is now home to a couple dozen Bridgehead shops, partnerships such as with Ottawa’s LOAM Clay Studio for a hand-thrown ceramic mug illustrate an ongoing attention to detail.

Bridgehead Roastery is located at 130 Anderson St, Centretown. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

The Ministry of Coffee and Social Affairs (Wellington)

Just 10 or so years ago, Hintonburg was perhaps better known as a rather run-down city centre. These days, the creative, once-and-future animation alley has drawn out a small business boom, with the requisite caffeine to fuel it all.

Steps away from The Record Centre, you’ll find the Ministry of Coffee home to an industrial-chic atmosphere, with exposed ceilings, bare drop-down lighting fixtures, and an extra-large wooden centre island matched by floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall blackboard menus. A rotation of huge pop art murals adorn the opposite side, with Bono and the Red Hot Chili Peppers looking over the daily bustle.

Ministry’s multi-roaster rotation might feature Toronto’s Cut Coffee or Dundas, Ontario’s Detour one week, or Vancouver’s 49th Parallel the next; roasters as far as Europe, Australia, and Japan have also been featured, giving additional reason for regulars to return and establishing MoC as a locus for coffee drinkers looking to happen upon something new.

An extensive whiskey and spirits menu (with tasting nights), local kombucha by Buchipop, and a variety of sandwiches using slices by neighboring bakery Bread By Us round out the experience.

The Ministry of Coffee and Social Affairs is located at 1013 Wellington St West, Hintonburg, Ottawa. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Black Squirrel Books

Black Squirrel Books hews closer to the coffeehouse as an intellectual hub than the average establishment. Serving coffee by local roasters Bluebarn and Cloudforest (the latter of which specializes in coffees from Ecuador), Black Squirrel also recently launched a new cocktail menu and charcuterie board. Acting as a hub for the city’s small but vibrant experimental and new music scene, it’s not unusual to see mainstay local improvisors like Linsey Wellman filling the space with curious sounds, or to find the walls reverberating with drone music well into the night.

Possibly more impressive than the coffees and local microbrews up front is the book collection located towards the back. A massive library sprawls right down to the basement, all but guaranteeing a chance encounter with a new conversation piece to pair with your cappuccino.

Black Squirrel Books wears its literary identity on its sleeve: various decorative typewriters casually mingle amongst its regulars, many of whom are students from nearby Carleton University. Indigenous art takes a showplace along a sidewall. It’s a meeting place that foregrounds different perspectives—a coffeehouse ingrained with the value of the exchange of ideas.

Black Squirrel Books is located at 1073 Bank St, The Glebe, Ottawa. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

Little Victories

This cozy shop, nestled in the Glebe, will likely be the only place in Ottawa you’ll find the foamy “Australian cappuccino,” the Magic (double shot flat white), and the Piccolo—in essence, a Lilliputian latte—front and centre on the menu.

Third Wave acolytes will feel right at home here: A copy of Drift magazine is casually left among cascading floating shelves lined with products by coffee hardware darlings Kinto and Fellow. In keeping with this, co-founder Jeremie Thompson takes pride in the shop’s newly-acquired Ground Control Cyclops from Voga Coffee, further evidence of Little Victories’ positioning as a “coffee first” cafe.

Rather than possibly overextending themselves, partnerships are a cornerstone of this small business: their first shop of the current two was and remains an in-store pop-up in the corner of the Cyclelogik bike shop in Hintonburg—a sensible pairing.

Similarly, in the Glebe, the local and highly-lauded doughnut wizards at SuzyQ have set up shop inside Little Victories. Straight-from-the-oven circles of goodness formed from an old Finnish recipe temptingly line the counter display.

Little Victories is located at 801 Bank St, The Glebe, Ottawa. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

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Quitters

Finally, out of left field—literally and figuratively—comes Quitters, on the far east end of the city. Founded in 2014 by local musician Kathleen Edwards, who had at the time quit the music industry (and, incidentally, has recently signed a new record deal), here you’ll find Toronto’s Pilot Coffee Roasters on bar, and, incidentally, Little Victories’ roasts as well.

Irreverent, deadpan humor is an integral part of the Quitters experience, with the requisite jokes adorning the sandwich board. With a bustling local crowd that lasts well into the evening on Saturday’s regular trivia night (replete with wine), Quitters is a quintessential slice of backyard Canadiana. It’s a (not so) sober reminder that no matter how sophisticated Ottawa’s coffee scene may yet become, the people hold the centre of it all.

Quitters is located at 1523 Stittsville Main St, Ottawa. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Curtis Perry is a journalist based in Ottawa, Canada. This is Curtis Perry’s first feature for Sprudge.

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Late Night Coffee Has No Effect On Sleep Quality, New Study Finds

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Sleep may be the cousin of death, but it’s more like that cool cousin that would buy you beer when you were underage, not like that other very uncool cousin that would tell on your for drinking beer when you were underage. Sleep is cool is all I’m saying. I’d hang out with sleep if I was, you know, awake to, but we just seem to keep missing each other. And in good and somewhat surprising news for coffee drinkers, a new study finds that having caffeine before bed does not affect sleep quality.

As reported by the Independent, researchers from Florida Atlantic University and Harvard Medical School monitored 785 people for a sum total of 5,164 days and nights to see how consumption of caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine affected sleep. Published in Sleep, the researchers led by FAU’s Dr. Christine Spadola compared individuals’ consumption of these substances and compared them to data from sleep diaries and wrist sensors participants wore that records sleep duration, efficiency, and how quickly they would re-awaken.

They found that caffeine ingested within four hours of bedtime had no observable association with the sleep factors measured by the wrist sensors. Nicotine, on the other hand, had the greatest association with sleep disruption—particularly amongst participants with insomnia—leading to an average of 42.47 minutes in reduced sleep duration. Though not as drastic as nicotine, researchers also found alcohol consumption before bed to be associated with a decreased sleep efficiency.

Though ostensibly counterintuitive, the Independent notes that these findings are in line with previous studies on the subject. One sleep expert, Dr. Neil Stanley, told the Independent that “the idea that drinking coffee before bed will keep you awake at night is a myth.” Dr. Stanley does note, however, that individual results may vary based upon each individual’s sensitivity to caffeine. But for those with a lower sensitivity, caffeine before bed shouldn’t be an issue.

If you have been drinking two strong black cups of coffee every evening for the past 40 years and you have just developed a sleeping problem, then it is almost certainly not the coffee.

So as far as late-night vices go, drinking coffee remains the best for you. Unless you consider sleep a vice, in which case, second best. That’s still pretty good.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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Coffee Design: Coffee Collective In Copenhagen, Denmark

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We last featured the unique coffee package design of Copenhagen’s Coffee Collective in 2015. The coffee roasting company’s transparent bottom was revolutionary in 2011, as was the company’s transparent FOB pricing listed on the bag itself. Coffee Collective debuted a brand refresh this year, retaining those important elements with a fresh new look on their packaging and a shiny new website. We connected with founder Klaus Thomsen to find out more.

Hey Klaus! What information is found on the front of the new bag?

We had one big goal with the new bags, and that was to increase the size and visibility of the farmer name and simplify the information. We have tasting notes (which we think are quite important for people to choose their coffee from, but should also be easy to understand and relate to).

It then says who the coffee is “produced in companionship with” as we think there’s often too much credit going to the roastery. We wanted to make sure people understand it’s a joint (even collective) effort.

Dyrkningssted means Origin, so it can specify the region, country and if there’s more info, like a cooperative. And then finally Quality Bonus, which is the price we’ve paid FOB in percentage over the C-Market price. For years we’ve written this information directly on the bags as well as published a full Transparency Table. We think having it directly on the bag is both a statement and a gently push for customers to ask questions about coffee prices in general.

We also have spots allocated for information such as variety and processing, but will only use it where we feel it’s necessary (like a specific and interesting variety or natural processing). Together with elevation and a bunch of other information you can find all the details you need plus farm visit reports on our website for each coffee.

Who designed the website? What are some of the new additions to it?

We had a team called Magic People Vodoo People design and a programmer named Anders from Remotely to program it. The whole thing was build from scratch with usability and shop experience in focus. We’re especially proud of our new subscription wizard where we can now offer a lot more options.

Who designed the package, the typeface, and the triangles?

The whole brand refresh was done by Hatch and Bloom who did our original branding over a decade ago. We interviewed several companies but ended with them, because they just seemed to get us. They knew our history and values better than any.

What are some coffees you are looking forward to releasing soon?

We’ve just released two new Kenyans and a washed Ethiopian and have two more Ethiopians coming out real soon, plus a Coffee Collective stable: Finca Vista Hermosa from Edwin Martinez in Guatemala.

Is the coffee available to purchase worldwide?

Yes. We offer subscriptions with free shipping to almost everywhere in the world and are currently sending to 46 countries. Danish VAT of 25% is deducted when shipping outside EU, so it’s a pretty good deal.

Thank you!

Company: Coffee Collective
Location: Copenhagen
Country: Denmark
Design Debut: 2019
Designer: Hatch and Bloom

Zachary Carlsen is a co-founder and editor at Sprudge Media Network. Read more Zachary Carlsen on Sprudge.

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Spending $100,000 On A Coffee Training & Vacation Package Is Illy-Advised

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I’m back on my Italy bullshit. It’s been about two weeks since I last checked in on the lovely coffee happenings in The Boot; I’ve spent that time reading your many, many Instagram comments and personal DMs, reflecting upon my actions and how very sorry I am for them. (Keep them coming, though. I get no greater joy than having folks reach out to explain to me why I’m wrong about a joke they didn’t get or didn’t find funny. Please note that my writing style is and will continue to be “coffee over everything” but don’t let that stop you from sounding off.)

Anyway, what were we talking about? Oh right, Italy. Vi amo tutti, but some of y’all need to chill, specifically the folks at illy, who have recently announced the “Ultimate Italian Coffee Package,” a luxury coffee training and vacation package to the Italian city of Trieste. And it’ll only cost you $100,000.

As reported by the Robb Report, the “ultimate coffee-lovers retreat” was created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of illy’s University of Coffee, who as of June has been offering “master barista-led private classes” at its San Francisco campus. For a cool $100K, you and up to five other friends can begin your five-star coffee journey in San Francisco, where you’ll be treated to “a quick cuppa and coffee seminar” before boarding your own private jet to Trieste, the birthplace of illy and “Italy’s coffee capital.” There, you’ll “tour the illy headquarters, dabble in mixology and latte art while mingling with coffee experts and members of the Illy family.”

Thankfully, your $100,000 buys you more than a latte art class and a handshake with a higher-up at a coffee company. Included in the package is a stay at the five-star Falisia Resort as well dining experiences at the two Michelin-starred Harry’s Piccolo and Al Baggato. There will be sight seeing and there’s some mention of gelato and biscotti, because Italy.

What I want to know is who? Who is this vacation for? I’d like to see the Venn diagram of folks who both 1) have an expendable 1.6 yearly median household incomes, and 2) are really, really into coffee but also not really thaaaaat into coffee. Like, if you’re some Silicon Valley tech bro that’s super into coffee, you’re probably not that into illy (and you probably make some pretty normative claims to that end to whomever is within earshot). If Blue Bottle was offering this, then maybe. I’m just not sure who is going to take illy up on this offer. But there’s gotta be some Boomer somewhere with no sense of the cost of things who will do this though, right?

Whoever you are, if you are out there reading this right now, please subvert all your supreme asshole urges and do the right thing: don’t spend $100,000 on this travel package. If you have that sort of cash laying around and really love coffee, there are so many actually good uses for that much coin. Hell, spend $50K on an Italian vacation and then donate the rest. It’s a win-win. Except for illy, I guess, but I’m sure they’ll be fine.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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Build-Outs Of Summer: Fausto In Cincinnati, OH

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Is there any place the brother Ferrari won’t put a coffee shop? Two years ago—and part of the Build-Outs of Summer no less—Austin and Tony opened Ferrari Barbershop and Coffee Co, a coffee shop that cohabited with, you guessed it, a barber shop. And now they are back at it with their newest Cincinnati outpost Fausto, a restaurant and coffee shop concept inside the Contemporary Art Center.

For their new location, the Ferrari brothers are importing some of the California ethos shared with one of their other cafes, Provender in San Francisco. Not only will Fausto focus on seasonally-inspired California cuisine but it include some other West Coast sensibilities, most notably a focus on natural wine and a composting program. But they are still keeping it very Cincinnati by working with longtime roasting partners Deeper Roots Coffee. These two worlds blend together in perfect harmony for an all-day cafe, for Fausto in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The 2019 Build-Outs of Summer is presented by Pacific Barista SeriesnotNeutralKeepCup, and Mill City Roasters.

As told to Sprudge by Austin Ferrari.

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For those who aren’t familiar, will you tell us about your company?

Fausto is a restaurant that focuses on seasonal California cuisine inside of the world renowned Contemporary Art Center designed by Zaha Hadid in downtown Cincinnati. Fausto is an all day gathering place brought to you by the Ferrari Brothers. A restaurant with a coffee shop, lunch, mid-day food, and dinner (three courses for $39). We also have a very extensive wine program with wines from all over the world, most of which are bio-dynamic or naturally made. Fausto is a place where everyone is welcome through any hour of the day. Focusing on the same beliefs as art, we are ever so changing.

Can you tell us a bit about the new space?

Fausto is a contemporary designed restaurant to fit the space of the CAC. Fausto is named after our father who comes from Calabria, Italy. It was named after him because for my brother and I, our father is kind of an artist in his own light. He has worked in restaurants his entire life and we wanted to give back to the art of the restaurant work he has always done. Fausto comes equipped with everything you may need through your daily life.

What’s your approach to coffee?

Our approach you could say is definitely third wave. We like coffee that is clean, pure, and focused. My brother Tony and I have our own coffee blend (Ferrari Bros Blend) that is roasted by Deeper Roots Coffee Co. The blend is 50% washed Guatemalan and 50% natural Ethiopian. The biggest thing for us when it comes to coffee is making sure first and foremost we are using a clean and beautiful product and translating that to our baristas and to the guests. All baristas go through super extensive training, all of whom love what they do first and foremost. I think overall, we love to serve the best we can and what we know tastes great to us and others.

Any machines, coffees, special equipment lined up?

We are equipped with a custom painted La Marzocco Strada (painted by La Marzocco in Italy) and shipped to us. A Mahlkönig PEAK espresso grinder. A FETCO drip tower and a Mahlkönig EK43S. Coffee is a love for us and so is the equipment.

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How is your project considering sustainability?

Our restaurant Fausto not only uses amazing, sustainable coffee from a trusted source and location but the restaurant as a whole focuses on using sustainable ingredients (everything is from within the midwest on the food menu). The wine is at least all almost sustainable. Plus, we are one of the only restaurants in Cincinnati, Ohio to be composting. Composting is basic rule in California but here in Cincinnati, nobody does it, but in our restaurant it is mandatory.

What’s your hopeful target opening date/month?

June 24th we open for morning service and lunch. A few weeks after we will open up the mid-day menu and dinner.

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Are you working with craftspeople, architects, and/or creatives that you’d like to mention?

I think we would like to thank the entire staff at the Contemporary Arts Center. Our good friend and architect Daniel Ewald in San Francisco. Joe Girandola and Richard Wolhoy who are two amazing artists here in Cincinnati. Plus, our family for insight.

Thank you!

Thank you all for the love and support in what my brother and I do. We hope to have you in soon. Whether for a coffee or for a meal and wine. Cheers!

Fausto is located at 44 E 6th St., Cincinnati. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.

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A Little Podcast About Coffee Price Transparency: A Mini-Series By Ever Meister & Chad Trewick

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The current crisis of the commodity coffee price on the futures market is perhaps the most immediate issue facing coffee as we know it (climate change may be a larger concern, but if the price isn’t rectified, there may be no farmers—and thus no coffee trees—to be deleted by climate change). We’ve made our feelings known about the current problem in no uncertain terms, and leading voices in the industry are doing their part to dive into the crisis in hopes of bringing it to the forefront of the collective coffee conscious.

Two such individuals are Ever Meister and Chad Trewick. Through the lens of price transparency, Meister—managing editor and education director at Cafe Imports and author of New York City: A Caffeinated History—teams up with Trewick—founder of Reciprocafé, LLC and one of the project leads for the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide—for a four-part podcast series titled “A Little Podcast About Coffee Price Transparency.”

Totally just over a two-hour runtime, the four-part series was released all at once last week as part of The Discomfort Zone Podcast, Meister’s “interview-based show about a whole range of topics, beliefs, issues, anxieties, and quirks that make us uncomfortable, in the hopes that we can see each other and make real connections through open dialog.” Each episode tackles a different subject related to transparency and the price crisis. Episode One discusses the “functions of the coffee market and the C-market price, the foundations for the price crisis, and introduces the rest of a conversation about price transparency in specialty coffee and its implications in the greater movement toward long-term coffee sustainability.” Episode Two dives into ways to get farmers more money for their work, with Episode Three digging deeper into transparency and its potential impact on pricing. The series then caps off with Episode Four, about the consumer and their role.

All four episodes of A Little Podcast About Coffee Price Transparency are out now on SoundCloud. Give it a listen and continue the biggest conversation in coffee today.

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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La Marzocco Turkey Wins The Red Bull Flugtag In Instanbul

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Over the weekend, Istanbul hosted the most recent addition of the Red Bull Flugtag. a competition where teams of amateur builders create human-powered flying machines to see who can fall with style the farthest. Flugtags take place all over the world and are basically just parties where folks get all jacked up on Red Bulls (and probably other imbibements) and watch “pilots” human cannonball themselves into the nearby body of water. It’s as awesome as it sounds.

But there was one team that was just a little more juiced than all the others, and that was The Coffee Lovers, the team fielded by La Marzocco Turkey. Red Bull may give you wings, but coffee gives you creativity and distance, and that’s what allowed The Coffee Lovers to take home the gold.

The Flugtag is scored using three criteria: creativity of the flying machine, performance of the flying machine and team, and the total distance traveled, with the latter being the more critical. But you can’t count out creativity. Working with students from the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, the La Marzocco team created with KB90 Straight-In Portafilter plane, presumably for its aerodynamic and ergonomic prowess over say, a Linea-shaped box plane (though that workhorse machine would probably try-hard its way onto the podium somehow. Don’t count it out is all I’m saying). Nailing the performance aspect was pilot Cetin Gurer and human-powerers Aysin Aydogdu, Baris Somer, and Umut Ozturk, who came bedecked in lion costumes, a nod to the LM logo.

According to their team profile, The Coffee Lovers goal was to “fall as beautiful as possible,” which they did, beating out 34 other teams and landing gracefully on the top of the podium via the blue waters of the Caddebostan Beach.

So congratulations to The Coffee Lovers and to La Marzocco to proving once and for all which caffeinated beverage reigns supreme!

Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

Photos via La Marzocco

Disclosure: La Marzocco is an advertising partner with the Sprudge Media Network

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