Krzysztof Blinkiewicz - Red Ink Coffee

06 Mar 2026 8 min read

The Ethiopia Myth: What Genetics Reveals About Arabica

For decades the coffee industry has repeated a simple story: coffee comes from Ethiopia. But modern plant genetics suggests a more complex origin across East Africa, possibly including the Boma Plateau in South Sudan.

05 Mar 2026 2 min read

Better Means: Knowledge Belongs to Coffee People

Knowledge in coffee is often locked behind paywalls and certifications. In The Better Coffee, shared knowledge circulates freely — join a free Conversation with The Trainers.

05 Mar 2026 2 min read

Better Means: The Right to Refuse

Refusal begins when the story of coffee stops making sense. It is the moment we recognize harm, refuse to normalize it, and start building alternatives for coffee people.

05 Mar 2026 3 min read

Red Ink Coffee has a sibling — thebettercoffee.org

On this website you can explore the full system of The Better Coffee. You can download The Better Coffee Standard for free, discover the structures of cooperation created within The Better Coffee Endeavour, and sign up for courses from The Curriculum — some of them are available free of charge.

19 Jan 2026 2 min read

Better Means: Well-being

This essay is part of a series of authorial commentaries on the core values of The Better Coffee Standard. Here, we treat well-being as a test of the system: when health, comfort, and the capacity for joy remain costs borne in isolation, everything else easily turns into a façade.