The Pulled Journal
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January 9, 2026
You spend money on coffee every day. Or tea. Or matcha. Or whatever it is that gets you through the morning. That spend adds up. What if some of it came back?
January 8, 2026
The first coffeehouses in the world opened in Istanbul in 1554. The city has refined the ritual for 470 years. A guide to traditional kahvehane culture and contemporary specialty in Karaköy, Beyoğlu, Cihangir, Beşiktaş, and Kadıköy.
January 4, 2026
Café Gijón opened on Paseo de Recoletos in 1888 and hosted Federico García Lorca. The contemporary specialty wave arrived in Malasaña in 2011. A guide to Malasaña, Lavapiés, Chueca, La Latina, Conde Duque, and Salamanca.
December 30, 2025
Antico Caffè Greco opened on Via Condotti in 1760. Two and a half centuries later, Rome still drinks espresso standing at the bar. A guide to Centro Storico, Trastevere, Esquilino, Prati, Monti, and Testaccio.
December 18, 2025
There are more coffee apps than there used to be. Most of them serve one purpose. These five are worth your home screen.
December 14, 2025
The same beans, the same machine, the same water. In two different hands, the cup is entirely different.
December 10, 2025
First wave was canned coffee. Second wave was Starbucks. Third wave is something else entirely.
December 6, 2025
Every loyalty program locks you into one brand and pays you in proprietary currency that loses value the moment you try to use it.
December 2, 2025
Not all loyalty programs are equal. Here is how the major ones stack up in 2026.
November 28, 2025
Some cities have coffee cultures worth making a trip for. These are the fifteen.
November 24, 2025
Coffee is the most traveled beverage on earth. Every culture that adopted it made it entirely its own.
November 20, 2025
A $7 pour over is expensive because quality coffee cherries, fair farmer pay, skilled roasting, and trained barista work all cost real money. Here is exactly where the price goes.
November 16, 2025
Matcha latte, chai latte, London fog, hot chocolate, boba, and herbal teas are all excellent options at specialty shops. You do not need to drink coffee to have a reason to be there.
November 8, 2025
The best work coffee shop has strong wifi, outlets near seats, moderate noise, and staff who do not pressure you to leave. Here is how to find them in any city.
November 4, 2025
How coffee is processed after harvest dramatically changes its flavor. Here are the main methods and what they produce.
October 31, 2025
Coffee roasting is part science, part craft. Here is what happens inside the drum and why it matters.
October 23, 2025
Coffee bags say things like "blueberry and dark chocolate." Here is how those notes get there and how to find them.
October 19, 2025
Specialty coffee has a technical definition, not just a marketing one. Here is what it means.
October 15, 2025
Both cups contain coffee. The comparison ends there.
October 11, 2025
Your body has a clock. Cortisol peaks between 8 and 9 AM, around noon, and again between 5:30 and 6:30 PM. Drinking coffee during a cortisol peak is redundant. The optimal time is during the natural dips between peaks.
October 3, 2025
The belief that coffee dehydrates you is one of the most persistent myths in nutrition. It is wrong. Coffee is a mild diuretic, but the water content in a cup of coffee more than offsets the diuretic effect. Coffee hydrates you, on net.
September 29, 2025
Decaf coffee is regular coffee that has undergone an additional processing step to remove most of the caffeine before roasting. The method used to remove the caffeine has a meaningful impact on what flavor survives in the cup.
September 25, 2025
Caffeine activates the sympathetic nervous system. The physiological symptoms of too much caffeine and the physiological symptoms of an anxiety response are nearly identical. Your body cannot tell the difference.
September 21, 2025
Caffeine's half-life is 5 to 6 hours in most adults. If you drink 200mg of caffeine at 2 PM, approximately 100mg is still circulating at 8 PM. At midnight, roughly 50mg remains. That 50mg is enough to disrupt sleep architecture.
