Standart #43 - Spits, Sparks & Coffee

Standart Issue 43: Spits, Sparks & Coffee turns up the heat, exploring coffee, speed, travel and the people and places shaping coffee culture around the world. The issue comes in two cover variants.

On the starting grid is Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas, who speaks to Standart from his home in Monaco between races about life at speed — and why even drivers of earthbound rockets still have time to appreciate a good flat white.

The pace continues in Melbourne, where Kirk Pearson of Project Zero reveals how he manages to put a latte in your hands in just 15 seconds, with the unlikely secret being pre-batched espresso.

Elsewhere, Standart heads to sun-bleached Los Angeles, explores the growing appeal of matcha with writer Tanya Nanetti, and retreats to the alpine town of Hakuba for a quieter Japanese escape. The issue also travels to Malawi, exploring the country's coffee culture and origins.

A characteristically wide-ranging issue of Standart, bringing together specialty coffee, travel, food and drink, cities, people and culture.

For coffee people who like their reading as considered as their brew.