Morning Glass Coffee Bar is offering a series of free events, titled Coffee for the People, at its Kakaako site, 307-C Kamani St. Email morning glasscoffee@gmail.com. The lineup:

» Tasting, 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 4: Stumptown Coffee Roasters

» Get Clever! workshop, 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 7: Learn to brew a great cup using the Clever cone dripper.

» Tasting, 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 11: Four Barrel Coffee Roasters

» Tasting, 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18: African region

» Tasting, 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 25: Latin American region

» Coffee for the People Pa‘ina, 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 28: Coffee cocktails and music

Morning Glass hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

Learn healthy food tips

Learn how wholesome food can improve your health at “Whole Life With Jin Hirata,” a cooking class at CookSpace on Nov. 7.

Hirata, a macrobiotic chef, will prepare “instant” miso soup, fried tempeh with sauce and nanbanzuke, rice salad with ume-citrus dressing, and sweet potato and banana pudding. Hirata is a health-food educator in Japan and New York.

The class runs 10 to 11:30 a.m. at CookSpace, Ward Warehouse Suite 2360. Cost is $85. Register at cookspacehawaii.com. Call 695-2205.

Also in November:

» Pasta 101, with chef Andrea Onetti of Onda Pasta, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 14. Cost is $65.