AsiaReport 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...
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2026 Coffee AnnualsVietnam 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 Coffee AnnualsUganda Coffee Report: Production Steady but Government Signals Strategy Shift
Uganda’s green coffee production is forecast to rise 0.9% to 7.16 million 60-kilogram bags in market year 2026/27, as high prices have encouraged more planted area and more robusta production,...
Aaron DavisResearchers Propose ‘Libex’ Hybrid as Climate Change Accelerates
Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have proposed the formal name Coffea × libex for hybrids of the liberica and excelsa coffee species, arguing that the cross could provide...
2026 Coffee AnnualsIndia Coffee Report: Soluble Coffee Drives Exports but Arabica Declining
India’s green coffee production is forecast to fall 4.5% to 6.14 million 60-kilogram bags in market year 2026/27, with arabica yields hurt by excessive early-year rain followed by a prolonged...
2026 Coffee AnnualsHonduras Coffee Report: Production Rising to Highest Level in Years
Green coffee production in Honduras is forecast to climb to 6.03 million 60-kilogram bags in market year 2026/27, a 9% increase tied to improved plant nutrition, favorable biennial production cycles,...
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....
AfricaCoffee Crops Are Dying from a Fungus with Species-Jumping Genes
For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee...
AfricaWCR Leads Nearly $1 Million Project to Strengthen Ugandan Coffee Sector
The nonprofit World Coffee Research (WCR) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have announced a €850,000 (roughly $994,000) investment designed to improve Ugandan farmers’ access to disease-resistant...
BrazilSpecialty Coffee Still a Sliver of Brazil’s Total Crop, Study Finds
While Brazil remains the world’s largest producer and exporter of coffee by wide margins, a new peer-reviewed analysis suggests its specialty coffee footprint remains comparatively small, highly concentrated and...