We went to Algarve, Portugal, to watch coffee roaster Dani Riou compete in an international Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament — and learned about the life lessons that this “gentle art” offers its fighters.
For Adesola Ogunleye, a barista by day and the drummer in Philadelphia band Full Bush by night, musical expression means personal liberation — and love for everyone in the room.
A New York City bodega is the ideal corner store, carrying everything you could possibly need in a pinch, from deli sandwiches and extension cords to diapers and lotto cards. We visited Bonny Grocery in Brooklyn to get a coffee and take the pulse of the neighborhood.
As a teen, Patricia Solís took turns behind the wheel of her dad’s tractor trailer. Now she drives her own — and is part of a group of women claiming their place as truckers on Mexico’s highways.
We visited Madam Şeri’s café in Istanbul to have a master of tasseography, the age-old practice of fortune-telling using coffee grounds, tell us what our futures hold.
The Czech Republic has a long history of free tekno parties, but its current crop of rave-goers is pushing for a more adventurous sound — while keeping its underground community spirit intact.
Celebrities, CEOs, journalists, and world leaders across 27 countries praised the mystic and yogi Sadhguru for his 100-day motorcycle journey to raise awareness about the global soil crisis. Behind the stunt is a shady environmental record and a history of fighting grassroots movements.
Soul Gospel Project has spread the joy of gospel music across Portugal for more than a decade. The choir’s eclectic mix of members — from coffee shop owner Cátia Dias to a physicist and a lawyer — are united not by religion or background, but rather by a familial bond forged through song.
In 2012 the Cosios left behind their hectic city life in Manila to live by the beach in La Union, Philippines. But what they’re building there is much more than a lifestyle; at their shop, El Union Coffee, they aim to support a dignified life, both for themselves and their workers.
Coffee culture is said to bring people together. But in Mexico City, new cafés that cater to digital nomads are caught up in a larger conversation about gentrification and who the city serves.