Field notes24 November 2026 · 11 min read · Élise Vogt
Three days in Huila, Colombia
We went to meet the people who actually grow what we sell. Came back with mud on our boots and a different respect for the word 'single-origin'.
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6 letters in 2026
Seasonal
Why winter milk tastes different
The cows eat hay instead of grass. The cortado responds in kind.
10 Nov 2026 · 4 min
Brewing
Notes on grinding for the föhn
When the warm wind comes down off the Alps, every dial moves.
03 Nov 2026 · 6 min
The room
Why we kept the old window
It's drafty. It fogs. It is the most important wall we have.
20 Oct 2026 · 3 min
One Sunday a month
A letter from Luzern, in your inbox.
Pastry
Seventy-two hours of butter
A cold ferment, a colder counter, and the rule of three turns.
05 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Travel
A morning in San Agustín
On finding the best coffee of the trip at a roadside truck.
22 Sep 2026 · 5 min
Equipment
Sixty-nine years with one machine
What the 1957 Faema has taught us about patience.
08 Sep 2026 · 8 min