Industry

Hemro and La Marzocco Launch Hands for Songwa Nonprofit in Tanzania

Two of the world’s most prominent coffee equipment companies, La Marzocco and Hemro Group, have created a farmer-focused nonprofit called the Hands for Songwa Foundation. The origins of the nonprofit,...

2024.03.06

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Starbucks Names 10 New ‘Origin Grants’ Totaling Nearly $4 Million

The Starbucks Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with global coffee giant Starbucks, has named the recipients of 10 grants worth nearly US$4 million. Each of the new grants support the Foundation’s...

2024.03.06

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Two Fiorenzato Home AllGround Grinders Make US Launch

Italian coffee grinder maker Fiorenzato is launching two new models under the Fiorenzato Home sub-brand in the United States this month: the AllGround Sense and the AllGround Probrew. The Fiorenzato...

2024.03.05

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Highlights from the 2024 Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon

Poor cell service had the unexpected benefit of deeper connections at the highly intensive Roast Summit, presented last week by Roast magazine in Portland, Oregon. With phones in our pockets,...

2024.03.05

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Value Chain Study Explores How to Make Coffee Work for Smallholder Farmers

Newly published research reinforces the idea that participation in the specialty coffee market has greater potential to improve small family farmers’ incomes and livelihoods. The catch is that participation in...

2024.03.01

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New Consultancy Kune Brings Finance and Sustainability Together

A new consultancy based in Central America called Kune (LinkedIn page) has planted itself squarely at the intersection of sustainability, coffee agribusiness and finance. Taking its name from the universal...

2024.02.29

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Primo Enters 2024 with New Roasting Equipment and Trade-In Program

Southern California-based Primo Roasting Equipment has launched the largest machine in its flagship Xr line of commercial coffee roasters, the 70-kilo-capacity Americano-Xr70. The 30-year-old equipment company, which was acquired by...

2024.02.29

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Colombia’s FNC Launches Direct Trade Export Platform Cafix

The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) last week announced the launch of Cafix, a trading and logistics program designed to streamline exports directly from producers to international buyers. The Cafix program...

2024.02.28

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The WeighMaster Scale Offers Modular Detachable Displays

A new digital coffee scale with dual detachable displays called the WeighMaster has raised more than $180,000 on Kickstarter, as of this writing. Created by a Hong Kong-based startup called...

2024.02.28

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Indonesian Coffee Output Hurt by Harsher Weather Conditions

Indonesia is the world’s fourth-largest producer of coffee, after Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia, but the archipelago’s farmers are less productive than their competitors. In East Java province, farmers have seen...

2024.02.27

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