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As Brazil’s Coffee Climate Shifts, Small Farmers Seek New Ways to Survive

(Note: This article was originally published on Dialogue Earth under the Creative Commons BY NC ND license. Find the original version here.) Edson Paes, 53, has single-handedly cultivated 12,000 organic Arabica coffee plants...

2026.07.08

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German Coffee Trader Rehm & Co. Now Part of Sucafina Group

Swiss green coffee trader Sucafina said Hamburg, Germany-based specialty green coffee importer Rehm & Co. has joined the Sucafina Group, expanding the group’s presence in Germany and the broader European...

2026.07.07

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 1: Prices Swing, Structures Don’t

Record-high commodity coffee prices have not rescued the coffee industry from its sustainability shortcomings, according to the newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer. By contrast, they may have exposed how little...

2026.07.03

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Inside the 2026 Coffee Barometer, Part 1: Prices Swing, Structures Don’t

Record-high commodity coffee prices have not rescued the coffee industry from its sustainability shortcomings, according to the newly released 2026 Coffee Barometer. By contrast, they may have exposed how little...

2026.07.03

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Report Says Vietnam’s Robusta Boom Faces a Reckoning

The rise of Vietnam as a coffee-producing powerhouse has been one of the most consequential shifts in the global coffee trade over the past 40 years. What began as a...

2026.07.02

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Kauai Coffee Inks Long-Term Lease After Months of Uncertainty

Kauai Coffee Co. has signed a new long-term agricultural lease with landowner Brue Baukol Capital Partners (BBCP), ending a months-long standoff that had put more than 140 jobs and the...

2026.06.27

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Researchers Propose New Method for Tracing Roasted Coffee Origins

Researchers in Italy and the United States have proposed a new analytical workflow for identifying a roasted coffee’s geographic origin through lab analysis of volatile compounds. The approach combines comprehensive...

2026.06.26

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Women-Powered Coffee Coalition Launches with Focus on Chiapas, Mexico

The nonprofit Bean Voyage is leading a new five-partner initiative in Chiapas, Mexico, designed to tackle one of specialty coffee’s stubborn stalling points: high-quality coffee that does not reliably translate...

2026.06.26

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Vietnam Coffee Report: Production Rising for Third Straight Year

Vietnam’s green coffee production is forecast to rise 2.5% to 32.5 million 60-kilogram bags of green bean equivalent in market year 2026/27, as high prices from 2024 and 2025 encouraged...

2026.06.24

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Best of Congo Cooperatives Returns with 34 High-Quality Traceable Lots

The Best of Congo Cooperatives is back for a third edition in 2026, opening another rare buying window for high-quality, traceable green coffee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Organized...

2026.06.24

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