Navigating the coffee market has always been a complex exercise in managing risk carefully and precisely—and it’s never been an easy task. Market...
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Ethiopia is one of the most beloved coffee-producing nations in the world, producing a seemingly infinite amount of floral, complex coffees sought...
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An origin on the rise
China has been mentioned in plenty of headlines recently—from trade wars...
To any self-professed specialty-coffee professional, Colombia is an important reference point. It’s an iconic origin that helped define the world’s...
A proud origin faces an uncertain future
Like most coffee professionals, I have a special place in my heart for Costa Rica. It is the land of lush...
On Friday, September 8, we reported on the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Oaxaca and Chiapas. Here, we provide an update to that...
It started close to midnight as my phone kept pinging incessantly at an odd hour. Half awake, I moved to mute the phone. As I scrolled through the...
For coffee farmers in Mexico, recent years have not been easy. While coffee leaf rust—known in Spanish as La Roya—began decimating coffee production...
It´s a warm mid-summer day, and I’m catching up with the typical email backlog when one message’s subject line catches my eye: "Se Robarón el Camión"...
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