資料來源：明報 / 淺談咖啡 | By Patrick Tam | 2012-12-15
十二月份，首爾已入隆冬。街上寒風刺骨的感覺，相信居於赤道兩旁咖啡種植帶的老友們不常體會。這晚，我們選擇了傳統韓國燒烤作晚餐。
烤牛肉論咖啡
「其實咖啡農知不知道我們所追求的咖啡是什麼？他們又知否自己為何獲獎？」
這條問題，我年前也曾問過。今次提出的，是隨烘焙公司老闆同來的一名咖啡師。喜歡咖啡，通常由下游開始：先愛喝，後愛。當中一部分人涉獵選豆烘焙，開始中游的事業。有少數甚至變成植物專家，拾起鋤頭，以種咖啡為退休的寄託！傳奇的巴拿馬翡翠莊園，莊主是一位原本只想覓地退休的美籍神經化學系教授。
So, in order to raise awareness of ethical coffee consumption and encourage dialogue between stakeholders in the coffee industry, we hosted our first event on 12th January 2013 at iBakery Gallery Cafe. 24 people from different sectors, including NGOs like Fairtrade, charity organizations, coffee trainers, coffee consultants, buyers, importers, attorneys, traders, journalists, consumers, leadership training coaches & a veterinarian. A short talk by Danniel J. Groshong (founder of the Hummingfish Foundation) is inserted after the 2nd round of discussion to inspire more ideas.
What did we get out from this workshop? We try to summarize the World Cafe discussion result HERE.
What is Hong Kong Sustainable Coffee Forum? Why did we created this?
Let’s look at Liu Yan’s (our facilitator) first blog post here to tell how she got involved, why we created this forum, and how we are trying to make it a space where everyone cares contributes through their participation .
I love coffee and I’m committed to making a difference, and to creating a better world. So it seems obvious to combine these passions. I asked myself this question… ‘How can I use my love of coffee, maybe even my addiction, to make a difference?’
資料來源: 都市日報 / 咖啡字典 / By Virginia Tam 2013-04-29
這枝美國設計及製造的塑膠大「針筒」，就是我旅途上的咖啡伴侶。它免插電、輕便又易清理，何只在家，在飛機上沖咖啡都得！針筒利用真空原理產生的壓力，只須一分鐘，就能沖出一杯清徹的美式黑啡（Americano）。配個永久不銹的可再用濾片，環保之餘，連丁點的咖啡油也能擠出來。
資料來源: 都市日報 / 咖啡字典 / By Virginia Tam 2013-04-29
「奇」貌不揚
我第一次看見日本田燒品牌久右工門的咖啡濾杯，深灰色的外型，還以為是個火山石製成的飯碗，怎料原來是多孔陶瓷。水能穿透濾杯圓錐形底部的細小氣孔，過濾咖啡之餘也能過濾雜質，毋須使用濾紙，依然能沖出一杯很清徹的咖啡。濾杯可清洗再用，非常環保。我跟朋友一起做過實驗，用不同沖煮工具處理同一隻咖啡豆，發覺以此濾杯沖出來的咖啡，味道更複雜、層次更豐富，口感幼滑，尤其適合有果香味及花香味的中、南美洲咖啡豆。但必須留意，濾杯用過幾次之後，咖啡會塞住氣孔，須將濾杯置於直火上燒，把咖啡粉炭化，清潔步驟較繁複。
資料來源: 都市日報 / 咖啡字典 / By Virginia Tam 2013-04-29
自認有品味的你，加冰凍咖啡喝得多，冰滴咖啡又有無試過？沒有的話，這個日本iwaki出品的家用冰水滴壺一定不容錯過。傳統加冰凍啡，味道會隨冰塊融化而變得淡而無味，冰滴咖啡則不同，它經冷水長時間慢慢萃取而成，提升了果香及果味，卻踢走了單寧的苦味和高溫沖泡時的雜味。
