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Brewing Hospitality
Connecting Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Roasters, and Coffee Producers to explore Sustainable Coffee Systems
Supported by the Center for Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Coffee as a global connector
The Brewing Hospitality initiative engages four communities of practice: university students, researchers, Pittsburgh coffee roasters and global coffee producers.This initiative demonstrates how universities can promote greater equity and sustainability in coffee systems through hands-on learning for students, dialogue with the coffee stakeholders, and practices for community-building.Co-taught by Saurin Nanavati and John Soluri, the Coffee, Capitalism, and Consciousness course explores coffee as a shared ritual and a global system, connecting academic inquiry with the lived experiences of those who grow, trade, roast, and serve it.
Meet the Designers
The Brewing Hospitality initiative is a collaboration between John Soluri (Department of History) and Saurin Nanavati (School of Design), to explore the shared experience of coffee through a multi-disciplinary approach.
About the course
Department of History • jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu
John SoluriJohn teaches and researches the social and environmental dynamics of commodity production in the Caribbean and Latin America. His hands-on experience with coffee comes via Building New Hope, a Pittsburgh-based organization that partners with a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua.
Preferred Coffee: Locally roasted, fairly sourced with a pinch of humility
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Cultivating international partnerships with coffee-producing communities
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School of Design • snanavat@andrew.cmu.edu
Saurin NanavatiSaurin has been designing and managing sustainability initiatives since 2002 and is currently pursuing a PhD in Transition Design - exploring systems leadership through the lens of coffee.
Saurin is founder of Ethos Agriculture, a design firm with offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Kigali, Rwanda. Over the years, coffee has connected Saurin with people around the world, and he continues to enjoy sharing a cup — whether with old friends or as an initiation to make new ones.
Preferred Coffee: Sufi style, with a pinch of spice
Brewing Hospitality
Connecting Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Roasters, and Coffee Producers to explore Sustainable Coffee Systems
Supported by the Center for Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Coffee as a global connector
The Brewing Hospitality initiative engages four communities of practice: university students, researchers, Pittsburgh coffee roasters and global coffee producers.This initiative demonstrates how universities can promote greater equity and sustainability in coffee systems through hands-on learning for students, dialogue with the coffee stakeholders, and practices for community-building.Co-taught by Saurin Nanavati and John Soluri, the Coffee, Capitalism, and Consciousness course explores coffee as a shared ritual and a global system, connecting academic inquiry with the lived experiences of those who grow, trade, roast, and serve it.
Our communities of practice
Students
Teaching CMU students systems thinking through coffee
Learn more
Local Coffee
Engaging Pittsburgh roasters and community partners
View Local Coffee
Researchers
Building academic networks and fostering scholarly collaboration
About Research Communities
Global Coffee
Cultivating international partnerships with coffee-producing communities
About Global Communities
Meet the Designers
The Brewing Hospitality initiative is a collaboration between John Soluri (Department of History) and Saurin Nanavati (School of Design), to explore the shared experience of coffee through a multi-disciplinary approach.
About the course
Department of History • jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu
John SoluriJohn teaches and researches the social and environmental dynamics of commodity production in the Caribbean and Latin America. His hands-on experience with coffee comes via Building New Hope, a Pittsburgh-based organization that partners with a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua.
Preferred Coffee: Locally roasted, fairly sourced with a pinch of humility
School of Design • snanavat@andrew.cmu.edu
Saurin NanavatiSaurin has been designing and managing sustainability initiatives since 2002 and is currently pursuing a PhD in Transition Design - exploring systems leadership through the lens of coffee.
Saurin is founder of Ethos Agriculture, a design firm with offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Kigali, Rwanda. Over the years, coffee has connected Saurin with people around the world, and he continues to enjoy sharing a cup — whether with old friends or as an initiation to make new ones.
Preferred Coffee: Sufi style, with a pinch of spice
Brewing Hospitality
Connecting Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Roasters, and Coffee Producers to explore Sustainable Coffee Systems
Supported by the Center for Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Coffee as a global connector
The Brewing Hospitality initiative engages four communities of practice: university students, researchers, Pittsburgh coffee roasters and global coffee producers.This initiative demonstrates how universities can promote greater equity and sustainability in coffee systems through hands-on learning for students, dialogue with the coffee stakeholders, and practices for community-building.Co-taught by Saurin Nanavati and John Soluri, the Coffee, Capitalism, and Consciousness course explores coffee as a shared ritual and a global system, connecting academic inquiry with the lived experiences of those who grow, trade, roast, and serve it.
Our communities of practice
Students
Teaching CMU students systems thinking through coffee
Learn more
Local Coffee
Engaging Pittsburgh roasters and community partners
View Local Coffee
Researchers
Building academic networks and fostering scholarly collaboration
About Research Communities
Global Coffee
Cultivating international partnerships with coffee-producing communities
About Global Communities
Meet the Designers
The Brewing Hospitality initiative is a collaboration between John Soluri (Department of History) and Saurin Nanavati (School of Design), to explore the shared experience of coffee through a multi-disciplinary approach.
About the course
Department of History • jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu
John SoluriJohn teaches and researches the social and environmental dynamics of commodity production in the Caribbean and Latin America. His hands-on experience with coffee comes via Building New Hope, a Pittsburgh-based organization that partners with a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua.
Preferred Coffee: Locally roasted, fairly sourced with a pinch of humility
Brewing Hospitality
Connecting Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Roasters, and Coffee Producers to explore Sustainable Coffee Systems
Supported by the Center for Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Coffee as a global connector
The Brewing Hospitality initiative engages four communities of practice: university students, researchers, Pittsburgh coffee roasters and global coffee producers.This initiative demonstrates how universities can promote greater equity and sustainability in coffee systems through hands-on learning for students, dialogue with the coffee stakeholders, and practices for community-building.Co-taught by Saurin Nanavati and John Soluri, the Coffee, Capitalism, and Consciousness course explores coffee as a shared ritual and a global system, connecting academic inquiry with the lived experiences of those who grow, trade, roast, and serve it.
Our communities of practice
Students
Teaching CMU students systems thinking through coffee
Learn more
Local Coffee
Engaging Pittsburgh roasters and community partners
View Local Coffee
Researchers
Building academic networks and fostering scholarly collaboration
About Research Communities
Global Coffee
Cultivating international partnerships with coffee-producing communities
About Global Communities
Meet the Designers
The Brewing Hospitality initiative is a collaboration between John Soluri (Department of History) and Saurin Nanavati (School of Design), to explore the shared experience of coffee through a multi-disciplinary approach.
About the course
Department of History • jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu
John SoluriJohn teaches and researches the social and environmental dynamics of commodity production in the Caribbean and Latin America. His hands-on experience with coffee comes via Building New Hope, a Pittsburgh-based organization that partners with a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua.
Preferred Coffee: Locally roasted, fairly sourced with a pinch of humility
Brewing Hospitality
Connecting Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Roasters, and Coffee Producers to explore Sustainable Coffee Systems
Supported by the Center for Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Coffee as a global connector
The Brewing Hospitality initiative engages four communities of practice: university students, researchers, Pittsburgh coffee roasters and global coffee producers.This initiative demonstrates how universities can promote greater equity and sustainability in coffee systems through hands-on learning for students, dialogue with the coffee stakeholders, and practices for community-building.Co-taught by Saurin Nanavati and John Soluri, the Coffee, Capitalism, and Consciousness course explores coffee as a shared ritual and a global system, connecting academic inquiry with the lived experiences of those who grow, trade, roast, and serve it.
Our communities of practice
Students
Teaching CMU students systems thinking through coffee
Learn more
Local Coffee
Engaging Pittsburgh roasters and community partners
View Local Coffee
Researchers
Building academic networks and fostering scholarly collaboration
About Research Communities
Global Coffee
Cultivating international partnerships with coffee-producing communities
About Global Communities
Meet the Designers
The Brewing Hospitality initiative is a collaboration between John Soluri (Department of History) and Saurin Nanavati (School of Design), to explore the shared experience of coffee through a multi-disciplinary approach.
About the course
Department of History • jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu
John SoluriJohn teaches and researches the social and environmental dynamics of commodity production in the Caribbean and Latin America. His hands-on experience with coffee comes via Building New Hope, a Pittsburgh-based organization that partners with a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua.
Preferred Coffee: Locally roasted, fairly sourced with a pinch of humility
Brewing Hospitality
Connecting Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Roasters, and Coffee Producers to explore Sustainable Coffee Systems
Supported by the Center for Arts and Society, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Coffee as a global connector
The Brewing Hospitality initiative engages four communities of practice: university students, researchers, Pittsburgh coffee roasters and global coffee producers.This initiative demonstrates how universities can promote greater equity and sustainability in coffee systems through hands-on learning for students, dialogue with the coffee stakeholders, and practices for community-building.Co-taught by Saurin Nanavati and John Soluri, the Coffee, Capitalism, and Consciousness course explores coffee as a shared ritual and a global system, connecting academic inquiry with the lived experiences of those who grow, trade, roast, and serve it.
Our communities of practice
Students
Teaching CMU students systems thinking through coffee
Learn more
Local Coffee
Engaging Pittsburgh roasters and community partners
View Local Coffee
Researchers
Building academic networks and fostering scholarly collaboration
About Research Communities
Global Coffee
Cultivating international partnerships with coffee-producing communities
About Global Communities
Meet the Designers
The Brewing Hospitality initiative is a collaboration between John Soluri (Department of History) and Saurin Nanavati (School of Design), to explore the shared experience of coffee through a multi-disciplinary approach.
About the course
Department of History • jsoluri@andrew.cmu.edu
John SoluriJohn teaches and researches the social and environmental dynamics of commodity production in the Caribbean and Latin America. His hands-on experience with coffee comes via Building New Hope, a Pittsburgh-based organization that partners with a coffee cooperative in Nicaragua.
Preferred Coffee: Locally roasted, fairly sourced with a pinch of humility