Project Tag: Coffee
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Coffee Fest Education & Conference Programming
Coffee Fest takes place 4 times per year in different cities across America. To date, I have directed educational programming for 8 x shows in New York, Chicago, Louisville, Los Angeles, Seattle, Anaheim, and Orlando. Contracted beginning January 2022 to help with a strategic overhaul of content, conference, and education for the nation’s leading specialty…
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Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding, gestalten
Designing Coffee explores what it takes to curate some of the most innovative and eclectic coffee shops of today, from brand identity and packaging, through to interior design and architecture.
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The Anthropology of Coffee, Portland State University
After almost a decade of research and travel in the field, I put together a unit on the Anthropology of Coffee, covering coffee cultures and traditions around the world throughout history. This interactive course offered a more in-depth look at research completed for my book Spill the Beans: Global Coffee Culture. The inaugural offering of…
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Spill the Beans: Global Coffee Culture, gestalten
Coffee is the world’s cup. Over 2.25 billion are brewed, sipped, and savored daily. A loyal companion and energetic facilitator of every day, coffee has sprouted an entire cafe culture and a booming industry. While the caffeine fix is hard to ignore, this beloved hot drink holds a rich and diverse history that sinks deeper…
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Melbourne Cafe Reusable Cup, Prana Chai
For client Prana Chai, Lani worked with her team at Four Seasons of Food to conceptualize, plan, design, and project manage the manufacture of a thermal walled ‘camp cup’ style to-go mug with a custom illustration.
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Bean Equality: Narrowing the Gender Gap in Coffee Production, GFJ Stories
It’s not a great time to be a coffee farmer. There’s enough turbulence generated by volatile coffee prices, an increase in pestilence and disease, climate change, supply surplus, troubling economic and political turmoil and the resulting lack of workers – without even beginning to consider equality issues. As one of the world’s most valuable traded…
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Coffee Bird at Cafe Show, Seoul
During Coffee Bird’s tour of Asia in 2019, I accompanied and supported the founder during her visit to Asia’s largest coffee event, Cafe Show. During the event, I assisted with cuppings of Coffee Bird’s latest harvest coffee at Namusairo’s booth, and with off-site cuppings at Fritz Coffee Roasters.
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Coffee Bird Farmer Talks & Cuppings, Singapore
In November 2019, Coffee Bird’s founder got real with us about the future of specialty coffee. Many people from across the Southeast Asian coffee community joined the conversation, supporting Coffee Bird’s movement to change the way coffee is traded for good! I helped Coffee Bird’s founder organize farmer talks, cuppings, and tour across Singapore, with…
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Singapore Coffee
On contract for Singaporean F&B investment company, Group MMM, Lani led coffee and bean-to-bar chocolate concept and project development, spearheaded a coffee program for Raffles Hotel in collaboration with their Head Chef, collaborated with a Singapore-based coffee roasting company to develop a new, innovative coffee blend of local coffee (kopi) and worked directly with the…
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Premium Kopi Blend, Singapore Coffee
An iconic Singaporean beverage, elevated. Roasted with sugar, Singapore Coffee’s Signature Blend of Arabica & Robusta Coffee combines harmoniously for a smooth and flavourful Kopi-O.
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The Foodism Guide to Specialty Coffee
“For when your local hipster cafe’s coffee menu seems like it’s written in code, look no further than the Foodism guide to coffee in the capital. From lattes to flat whites and cold brew, here’s the lowdown on what to drink and where to drink it.”
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The Club’s Guide to Global Coffee Rituals, British Airways
“While a morning caffeine fix is a common practice almost everywhere, the cultural significance of drinking a cup of coffee – and its preparation – can vary wildly from country to country. Coffee expert and author Lani Kingston spills the beans on the etiquette of coffee consumption around the world, from espresso-mad Italy to the…
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Every Day They Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, The i Newspaper
“Behind the scenes at Kew Gardens in Surrey, 500 scientists work to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. A handful of these make up the ‘coffee team’, striving to preserve and develop the plant to ensure our continued enjoyment for centuries to come.”
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London Coffee, Hoxton Mini Press
Hardcover book published by renowned boutique London publisher Hoxton Mini Press, telling the stories of the people, places, and history that make up London’s world-renowned coffee scene. Photography by David Post.
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Rite Moves, Caffeine Magazine
The traditional coffee ceremony is an integral part of Ethiopian and Eritrean culture. This article for the UK’s leading specialty coffee magazine describes both the experience and tradition behind this coffee culture.
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A Day in the Life at MAST Chocolate, Root + Bone: The Offcuts of Food Culture
Join Lani Kingston #BehindThePass for a day in the life of a bean-to-bar chocolate maker at East London’s MAST Chocolate for an independent print publication focusing on the grit of London’s food industry, Root + Bone.
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How To Make Coffee: The Science Behind the Bean, Abrams Books, 2015
Highly regarded, best-selling book on the science and history of coffee. Over 250k+ copies printed in nine languages, twelve editions, eight countries: sold globally. Published by Quarto UK, Abrams USA, Max Ström Sweden, LIKE Finland, and many more.
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Is it possible to make the perfect cup of coffee at home? The Telegraph
From roasting to grinding, this article in The Telegraph (UK) from 2015 helps you discover how to make your coffee at home taste as good as a barista’s. Adapted from Lani Kingston’s book, How to Make Coffee: The Science Behind the Bean.