Intelligentsia’s Geoff Watts

Our interview with a veteran green coffee buyer on building relationships with sustainable farmers

As the vice president of coffee for Intelligentsia and a green coffee buyer, Geoff Watts travels the world searching for the best beans, working to build relationships with the farmers that have helped make Intelligentsia a leader in the specialty coffee industry. We recently met with Watts in Los Angeles during their three-day Extraordinary Coffee Workshop (ECW), where we talked to the coffee guru about …

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A revamped Manhattan for the holiday season

On a recent trip to LA, we had the pleasure of grabbing a drink at £10, a posh semi-secret lounge at the Montage hotel in Beverly Hills. An official U.S. outpost of The Macallan, the interiors of the recently-opened space leave room for improvement, but the tucked-away spot filled with low-slung couches overlooking a grassy courtyard makes for a nicely atmospheric stop-in if you’re in …

Cool Hunting Capsule Video: Tony Conigliaro

Our behind-the-scenes video inside the lab of London's premier mixologist

Renowned as one of the pioneers of advanced mixology, London’s Tony Conigliaro is an expert on flavors, aromas and ingredient pairings. Conigliaro creates his concoctions in a lab above his bar, 69 Colebrooke Row, using modern scientific tools to achieve spectacular results. We recently caught up with the famed bartender, who gave us a tour of his lab and shared some insight into how amazing …