Perfect Daily Grind on Why Specialty Coffee Capsules Are Growing in Popularity

Perfect Daily Grind, the specialty coffee industry's leading publication, examined why specialty coffee capsules are growing in popularity, with Difference Coffee as a central case study.

Founder Amir Gehl explains the thinking: "Ultimately, 90% of the taste of any coffee is down to the bean". The article details the engineering behind the capsules, each nitro flushed and hermetically sealed with less than 1% residual oxygen, filled by a grind by weight system that discards any capsule more than 0.5 grams off recipe. It also hears from the producers: Rachel Peterson of Hacienda La Esmeralda says the attributes of their Geisha come through in the capsule loud and clear, and Oswaldo Acevedo of Hacienda El Roble, whose rare HR-61 lot Difference Coffee won at auction, says he is honoured to see his coffee served in Difference Coffee capsules.

Read the full feature at Perfect Daily Grind