Support Puerto Rico by Donating Roasted Coffee
Six weeks on from Hurricane Maria, and only 30% of Puerto Rico has electricity. 23% of us still lack drinking water. And over 900 people...
Karla is a co-founder and owner of Café Comunión and a contributor based in Puerto Rico
How Roasters Can Build Good Relationships With Coffee Producers
Direct trade, Fairtrade, single origin, relationship coffee, sustainable coffee, co-ops, small-lot, organic… Choosing the right relationship model with coffee producers can be hard. But no...
How Is Honduras Responding to Recent Coffee Leaf Rust Outbreak?
The coffee industry has responded with shock and dismay to news that Lempira, previously thought to be a “rust-resistant” variety of coffee, has been infected...
Colombia Has a New Goal: Sustainable Coffee by 2027
Sustainability. We see the word everywhere, we’re all talking about it, and we’re even buying coffee because of it – but when we try to...
5 Romantic Ways to Show a Coffee Lover How You Feel
Dinner and a movie? Guys (and girls), you can do better than that. It’s fun, sure, but it’s not an unforgettable romantic experience. It won’t...
How The Coffee Industry Is Working to Improve Health Care
Where there’s health, there’s a future. There’s been a lot of discussion on how coffee-producing communities’ quality of life can be improved: stabilizing coffee prices,...
Can Education Keep Youths in Coffee?
Young people are giving up their parents’ professions, leaving the coffee farm to work in big cities. And the coffee industry is struggling because of...
How Can Mentorship Improve Coffee Quality & Producer Incomes?
What would happen if we reached out to low-income coffee producers and arranged for them to have the contacts, training, and information needed to go...