Coffee Economics with KarlCoffee Economics with Karl Gets Into Coffee Prices
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BrazilBrazil’s Expocacer Cooperative Opens US Hub in Delaware
One of Brazil’s largest coffee cooperatives, Expocacer, recently launched operations in the United States, opening a logistics hub in Delaware. The Patrocínio, Minas Gerais-based group — which currently exports green...
agroforestryHow Shade Coffee Lends Conservation a Hand
When managed in the right way, the farms that provide our morning brew can be a refuge for plant and animal biodiversity Q&A — Ecologist Ivette Perfecto Up in the...
coffee pricesThe 2023 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide Has Landed
The 2023 edition of the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide (SCTG) guide went live today, providing actors throughout the coffee chain a data-driven tool for green coffee price discovery. The full...
Axola CooperativePhiladelphia’s Café Don Pedro Seeks to Build Up Small Businesses
A Dominican-owned coffee roasting company called Café Don Pedro recently launched in Philadelphia with ambitions for direct trading and boosting more Latino-owned small businesses throughout its supply and distribution networks....
ACRAMNew AFCA Director Gilbert Gatali on the 20th African Fine Coffees Conference
As the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) prepares for the 20th iteration of its flagship event, the African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition, the group is operating under new executive...
blendsHawaiian Legislators Introduce Bills for Stricter Coffee Labeling
Legislators representing the Kona district of Hawaii have introduced a series of bills that would require more strict labeling requirements for single-origin coffees and blends containing Hawaiian-grown coffees. Some Kona...
AnacafeThree Questions with IWCA Executive Director Blanca Castro
When International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) Executive Director began her job years ago at the Guatemalan coffee association Anacafé, she knew next to nothing about coffee. “I just pretended that...
agroforestryThree Questions with Gabriela Parfait of The Good Sourcing
After eight years working for the French green coffee importing company Belco, Gabriela Parfait has launched a coffee-focused company called The Good Sourcing. The new venture is intentionally small, although...
EugenioidesStudy Shines New Light on the Complex Arabica Coffee Genome
Researchers in Italy say they’ve shed new light on arabica coffee’s large and complex genome, which may ultimately help breeders seeking desirable traits such as high quality and disease resistance....