For paid subscribers: The coffee industry is embracing automation, and consumers increasingly demand convenience and speed. Me? I’m happy to wait for my coffee to be made by a human.
My first Coffee News Year in Review for Fresh Cup Magazine is a big one, featuring an ascendant labor movement, the entanglement of the coffee industry with global geopolitics, and a whole bunch of pretty explicit coffeewashing.
Of course the most important question—was coffee good for you in 2022?—is also addressed.
I'm a coffee writer and creator of The Pourover. Based in Scotland, I have over a decade of experience in the specialty coffee industry. Ask me about coffeewashing. It's pronounced Fin (he/him)
