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The Anatomy of a Coffee CherryBefore it becomes coffee, it is a fruit.
2026-08-11
Essays & Market Updates
Essays and market dispatches. Two perspectives on the world of coffee.

Before it becomes coffee, it is a fruit.

As specialty coffee matures, consumers increasingly want context rather than simply quality.

Biennial bearing cycle: why coffee has "good years" and "bad years".

From blossom to cup: how a coffee cherry becomes the morning ritual.

The sweetness we keep missing.

Thoughts at Brasserie Vaudeville in Place de la Bourse, Paris.

This is not a coffee account. It is a study of attention.

After all, it's more than 98% of what's in your cup.