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What Do We Call This Era of Coffee?
Without the right words, the value chain breaks.
Aug 24
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Imran Ali Malik
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Taste > Intelligence: A Small Guide to Cultivating Taste (with Coffee as Teacher)
When AI can make anything, taste isn’t elitism. It’s survival.
Aug 19
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Imran Ali Malik
5
The Nine-Seat Lesson
A visit to the smallest bar in Los Angeles — and what it taught me about craft, presence, and the kind of café I hope to build.
Aug 13
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Imran Ali Malik
3
Coffee Is Not Wine
How the pursuit of traditional luxury is making coffee companies miss the real opportunity
Aug 12
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Imran Ali Malik
9
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$30,204 a Kilo: What the World’s Most Expensive Coffee Really Tells Us
Panama Geisha, Western Gatekeeping, and Dubai’s Expensive Performance of Belonging
Aug 8
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Imran Ali Malik
16
Hospitality Is Not a Vibe
Can’t be bought. Can’t be faked. But I did find it behind a Domino’s.
Aug 5
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Imran Ali Malik
12
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Welcome to Coffee as Culture
A notebook about coffee, design, and the spaces we gather in.
Aug 4
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Imran Ali Malik
5
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June 2025
Cooking While Palestinian | Nadia Irshaid Gilbert on Food, Exile, and Belonging
In this first episode of Seekers, Imran Ali Malik sits down with Palestinian chef and writer Nadia Irshaid Gilbert to talk about the kitchen as a site…
Jun 14
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Imran Ali Malik
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