At-Risk Arabica: Why Aren’t Researchers Looking to Ethiopia?
It’s a bleak picture: a world in which Arabica is at risk of dying out, due to its astonishing 98.8% genetic similarity. It’s a level...
Heleanna is a contributor based in Ethiopia
Direct Trade and the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange: What’s the Problem?
98% of the coffee exported out of Ethiopia goes through the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECX), so to say it’s important is a massive understatement. But...
Specialty or Marketability: What Are We Really Selling?
The internet has done wonders for coffee. It’s brought the stories of producers to life, revealing the extraordinary work that they do. It’s spread the...