Age of CoffeeThree Questions with Kosta Kallivrousis of Age of Coffee
Driven by a desire to connect with more people and pushed in part by the 2008 financial crisis, Kosta Kallivrousis left his father’s electrician business to take a job at...
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animal welfareStudy Identifies Chemical Differences in Civet Poop Coffee
Civet coffee (a.k.a. kopi luwak) remains one of the coffee world’s most divisive products, invoking sensitive issues such as value chain dynamics, high-end product differentiation, fraud and animal cruelty....
agroforestryOpinion: Technical Gap Slowing Agroforestry in Key Colombian Lands
Colombia is the world’s third-largest coffee producer and a main producer of Arabica coffee, which is known worldwide for its quality. The nation began developing commercial production in 1870, which...
AfricaMajor Ag Lender Warns of Arabica Land Losses from Climate Change
One of the world’s largest agricultural lenders issued a stark warning to the coffee industry last week, saying broad areas now used for arabica production could become climatically unsuitable...
AfricaMajor Traders Agree on Two ‘Principles of Procurement’ to Improve Coffee Sector Sustainability
A group of 14 major coffee traders and roasters has agreed on two shared green coffee buying principles intended to improve the long-term economic viability of coffee farmers. Three...
Addis ExporterThree Questions with Mike Mamo of Addis Exporter
As a world-class runner attending college in the United States, Mike Mamo had little inclination to join his family’s coffee business, Addis Exporter, founded by his father in Ethiopia. “I...
AbyssiniaA Guide to Indonesian Coffee Cultivars and Varieties
Coffee’s cultivated history on the world’s largest archipelagic state, and fourth-most-populous country, dates as early as 1699, introduced by Dutch colonizer-merchants. The botanical origins of the Typica variety of Arabica...
carbon dioxideCO2 Fermentation Boosts Natural-Process Coffee Scores in Colombian Trial
A sealed container and a dose of carbon dioxide may be enough to nudge certain natural-process coffees into higher-end specialty coffee territory, according to a new Colombian study that...
AsiaIn Wake of India’s “Green Revolution,” Scientists Find Organic Soils Healthier
As concepts such as “regenerative” and “biodynamic” continue to enter the mainstream coffee lexicon, scientists continue to literally dig into the soil to give them meaning. A recent peer-reviewed...
AfricaNew CafeClima Platform Supports Climate-Smart Coffee Replanting
World Coffee Research (WCR), along with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, today announced the launch of CafeClima, a free web platform designed to help farmers, agronomists, funders...