AfricaColumn: The Shifting Seasons of Coffee Shipments
Seasonality The idea that a particular crop — in our case, coffee — is available and fresh for a particular portion of the year is long-ingrained in the specialty food...
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acquisitionsNew Investment Firm Sojourner Acquires Hawaii Coffee Company
A private investment firm led by the past chairman of Canada’s Kicking Horse Coffee made an undisclosed investment in Honolulu-based Hawaii Coffee Company, one of the largest coffee roasting and...
4CLabor Violations Alleged in Starbucks and Nestlé Supply Chains in China
Independent field investigations in China’s Yunnan Province found labor violations at coffee farms that supply coffees purchased and certified as sustainable by coffee giants Starbucks and Nestlé, according to a...
BrazilInside Brazil and Colombia Semi-Annual Coffee Market Reports
The USDA Foreign Agriculture Service last week released semi-annual market reports on two of the world’s largest coffee-producing markets, Brazil and Colombia. The reports come against the backdrop of a...
ApexBrasilLuckin Signs Estimated $2.5 Billion Green Coffee Supply MoU with Brazil
In an unprecedented buying spree, Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee is committing to purchasing 240,000 tons of green coffee from Brazil between 2025 and 2029. Negotiated by the Brazilian Trade...
Ali SulimanYafa Café is Bringing Yemeni Coffees to Downtown Brooklyn
Two cousins with Yemeni roots are two for two with the opening of their second Yafa coffee bar in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Situated steps from the Barclays...
CajamarcaPeru Coffee Study Underscores Environmental Benefits of Organic Production
A study from Peru shines new light on the environmental impact of green coffee production, finding synthetic fertilizers and untreated coffee pulp to be the largest contributors to carbon emissions....
Annette PenselGCP: 73% of Coffee from Nine Major Buyers Meets Sustainability Baseline
Approximately 73% of the green coffee purchased by nine of the world’s largest buyers in 2023 met a recognized baseline sustainability standard, according to the latest annual report from the...
AfricaWith USAID Support, JNP Coffee Establishing Burundi Coffee Academy and Dry Mill
Green coffee trading company JNP Coffee is leading the creation of a coffee academy and separate dry mill in Burundi. The academy is being designed to train to women and...
biocharICO Flagship Development Report: Policy Makers Should Support Circularity
In its latest flagship annual report, the Coffee Development Report, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) outlines the prospects of a circular economy in coffee against the backdrop of climate change....