Dignity Before Flavor: Why the First Metric in Coffee Isn’t in the Cup
By: Krzysztof Blinkiewicz The coffee world prides itself on precision. We measure grams, seconds, water temperature, and flavor scores down to decimals. Yet the one thing we almost never measure is the first and only true metric: dignity. A 90-point Gesha can still come from a farmer who skips meals to pay off debt. A</p>