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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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San Francisco’s Sāe Coffee Sets Sights on Superluxe Coffees

A new San Francisco-based company called Sāe Coffee Studio has grand ambitions to bring the highest of the high-end specialty coffees to more consumers. Signaling those ambitions loud and clear,...

2024.02.16

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Brazil’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...

2024.02.07

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How 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...

2024.02.07

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Cerrado Mineiro Green Coffee Auction Launching Online Jan. 29

From the heart of the Brazilian coffee lands, the Cerrado Miniero green coffee auction is for the first time happening globally online this year. Taking place Jan. 29-Feb. 3, the...

2024.01.24

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Major ICO Green Coffee Report Notes ‘Growing Americas’ and ‘Shrinking Rest of the World’

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has released its second Coffee Report and Outlook, including a broad overview of the global coffee sector in terms of production and consumption, economic analysis...

2023.12.06

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Trader Caravela Coffee Implementing Self-Management Model Called One Caravela

Green coffee trading company Caravela Coffee has announced it is reshaping its management structure with the goals of improving collaboration, empowering individuals and better responding to the evolving challenges and...

2023.11.17

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Kyle Engelman Named Executive Director of Nonprofit Grounds for Health

The nonprofit Grounds for Health (GFH), which works to prevent cervical cancer in coffee-growing communities, has named Kyle Engelman as executive director, effective Dec. 1. Engelman will replace outgoing executive...

2023.11.16

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Cup of Excellence Coffee Competition Adds ‘Experimental’ Category in Brazil

The Cup of Excellence (CoE) coffee competition and auction platform was born in Brazil more than two decades ago and has since expanded to coffee-producing countries all over the world. ...

2023.11.09

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Royal Coffee Releases the ‘World History and Geography of Arabica Cultivars’

Bay Area-based coffee trading company Royal Coffee has released an engrossing historical interpretation of the coffee family tree, called the World History and Geography of Arabica Cultivars. The project includes two...

2023.11.08

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