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Dark roasts have had a rough decade in specialty circles. The rise of third-wave coffee culture brought with it a corrective skepticism toward the charred, ashy cups that defined second-wave specialty coffee at the turn of this century. Today, light and medium roasts have become the house style of the discerning and the vehicle through […] The post What Are the Best Dark Roast Coffees Right Now?…
Decaffeinated coffees are having their moment. The decaf coffee market is expanding rapidly, with projected growth of 5-7% annually over the next decade. Some estimates project the annual growth rate for decaf coffee will be up to four times that of the overall coffee market. At the 2024 US Brewers Cup finals held in Rancho Cucamonga, […] The post Finally, Some Real Coffee Action: Decaf Coffees…
For decades, the Pacific Northwest has occupied a particular place in the North American coffee imagination: thoughtful, origin-forward, quietly exacting. Long associated with washed coffees, restrained roast styles, and a reverence for clarity over spectacle, the region helped codify what many drinkers still think of as “clean” coffee. Today, however, that definition is expanding — […] The post…
New Year, New Questions Specialty coffee is evolving fast — faster than trend cycles, processing methods, and high-concept café menus can keep up with. Each year, our tasting reports are our way of pausing the noise and asking: What’s actually happening in the cup? Not what’s promised, not what’s marketed — what’s there. Throughout 2026, […] The post 2026 Coffee Review Tasting Reports: PNW…
Every November, when we sit down to assemble the list of the most exciting coffees we’ve tasted throughout the year, we’re reminded that specialty coffee is a field defined by relentless curiosity. This year reaffirmed that truth. In late 2024, our team decided to expand Coffee Review’s Top 30 list to 50 coffees, with […] The post The List: Coffee Review’s Top 50 Coffees of 2025 appeared first on…
Our mission is to help coffee lovers find and enjoy superior quality coffee. We’re pleased to help facilitate your holiday shopping and gift-giving by providing convenient links to roasters’ websites where some of the Top 50 coffees of 2025 may be available for purchase. Hurry, though, these coffees sell out very quickly. As of Saturday, […] The post Shop the Top 50 Coffees of 2025 appeared first…
Since 2013, Coffee Review editors have published an annual list of the year’s Top 30 Coffees, ranking the most exciting coffees from the thousands we cupped over the course of the year. This year, we’re expanding from 30 to 50 coffees, so we can include more of the spectacular coffees that deserve to make the cut. We […] The post Top 50 Coffees of 2025: Countdown Begins November 16 appeared first…
If there’s a coffee-producing country that has become the poster child for intentionality, it’s Costa Rica. Producers here have spent two decades doubling down on precision — processing, lot separation, traceability — while government policy has largely supported farmer incomes and pushed sustainability forward. Today, the result in the cup is a hedonic sensory spectrum, […] The post Costa Rica…
The backstory of the Mocha-Java blend is so memorable that it’s easy to become distracted by the story and overlook one of the main reasons roasters still produce Mocha-Java blends (and Coffee Review still writes about them): because the Mocha-Java concept seems to inspire original and exceptional coffees. The quality and distinction of this month’s […] The post Tradition Meets Innovation: Mocha…
Coffee Review readers are doubtless aware of one of American specialty coffee’s most persistent taboos: Thou shalt not roast or sell coffee from trees of the Robusta species. For decades, the North American specialty coffee world has avoided having anything to do with the Robusta (Coffea canephora) species, the hardier, cheaper alternative to Coffea […] The post Tasting Non-Arabica Coffee Species:…
