Da Matteo, Sweden

Behind the scenes with the Scandinavian craft coffee pioneer

It might be a surprise to hear that Scandinavia consumes more coffee per capita than any other region in the world. On a recent trip to Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg—a cultural mosaic port city on the country’s (relatively) balmy southern archipelago—we were lucky enough to meet with Sweden’s godfather of craft coffee, Matts Johansson, who founded the city’s globally ranked coffee roaster and cafe, …

Bonaverde Coffee Machine

The world’s first all-in-one coffee machine that roasts, grinds and brews

In our continued quest to find the very best coffee, we came across the Kickstarter of Berlin-based start-up Bonaverde. Their revolutionary new machine not only grinds and brews with the push of a button, but also roasts raw coffee beans first. The entire system, from farmer to cup, offers a lot of transparency and even more control. And after trying the machine at CH HQ, …

Seven Outstanding Espresso Blends

We're celebrating National Espresso Day with a round up of our favorite beans, a mixture of classics and new

While the legitimacy of these abundant “national” holidays that tend to pop up arbitrarily is definitely in question, we couldn’t pass up tomorrow’s opportunity—National Espresso Day—to pay homage to one of the purest ways to prepare coffee: espresso. The thick, concentrated brew packed into a tiny cup for a bold—not bitter—flavor is the default way to take coffee in Europe but sometimes can be more …