Central America

Oro Chocolate & Coffee is a Gold Mine of Flavor In Chicago

The owner of a Nicaraguan farm and ecotourism business has carved a sweet path back into his home city of Chicago with the opening of Oro Chocolate & Coffee. Production...

2024.01.11

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Sierra Coffee Group Connects New Jersey to Copán, Honduras

A direct line connecting the coffee lands of Honduras to Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was recently drawn with the opening of the Sierra Coffee Group. The family-run company opened a roastery...

2024.01.08

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Japan’s Geshary Coffee Buys Manhattan Building for $38 Million

Japanese coffee company Geshary Coffee has closed on a Fifth Avenue property in New York City for $38 million, with plans to occupy the building. The purchase of the five-story...

2023.12.20

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SCA’s World of Coffee Event Coming to Panama in 2026

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is bringing its World of Coffee trade show to Panama in 2026. It will be the first trade show that the SCA has hosted in...

2023.12.13

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Mercon Coffee Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Multinational green coffee trading company Mercon Coffee Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States on Wednesday. The move was precipitated days earlier by the unexpected suspension of...

2023.12.09

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Major ICO Green Coffee Report Notes ‘Growing Americas’ and ‘Shrinking Rest of the World’

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has released its second Coffee Report and Outlook, including a broad overview of the global coffee sector in terms of production and consumption, economic analysis...

2023.12.06

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Cup of Excellence Launching ‘Origin Immersion’ Program in El Salvador

The nonprofit Cup of Excellence (COE) is launching a multi-day education program designed for international coffee professionals to be immersed in the coffees and cultures of specific coffee-producing countries. In...

2023.12.05

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NKG Enlists Satelligence for Deforestation Monitoring

As the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance deadline draws nearer, multinational green coffee trading company Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is partnering with the Dutch deforestation monitoring firm Satelligence. Satelligence’s satellite-b...

2023.11.29

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Four Days in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

The mystique of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica is tangible. Curvy roads about an hour outside of Kingston wind upward into the mountains until you can literally touch the clouds....

2023.11.22

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Trader Caravela Coffee Implementing Self-Management Model Called One Caravela

Green coffee trading company Caravela Coffee has announced it is reshaping its management structure with the goals of improving collaboration, empowering individuals and better responding to the evolving challenges and...

2023.11.17

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