Honduran Cup of Excellence Winning Coffee Sells For US $124.50/lb
Honduras isn’t just Central America’s largest coffee exporter. It’s also the producer of Cup of Excellence record-breaking coffee for the second year in a row....
Tanya was the second to join the PDG team. She worked as the company’s Editor-in-Chief before becoming its Editorial Consultant.
Board Game Helps Coffee Farmers Manage Pests
Pest management on coffee farms is complex, especially if you’re looking for organic solutions. But the University of Michigan have created a board game that...
How to Evaluate Cacao & Chocolate
Looking to improve your understanding of cacao and chocolate? This delicious food increases our happiness, is a common gift on dates, and was famously used...
Natural & Honey Coffees in Guatemalan Cup of Excellence
World of Coffee 2017 was a great time for Guatemala: not only did Funcafé, a branch of the national coffee association Anacafé, win a SCA...
The Future of the Coffee Industry: Insights From World Of Coffee 2017
World of Coffee (WOC) 2017: 3 days, 5 coffee championships, 11 awards, hundreds of stalls, and some of the leading figures in the coffee industry....
Ethiopian Gesha Sold for Record-Breaking US $85/lb
We’ve all read about Panamanian Geshas/Geishas being sold for high prices – but this time around, it’s an Ethiopian Gesha that’s broken records. Gesha Village...
Mexico Is World of Coffee 2017 Portrait Country
Coffee from Mexico will take the stage at World of Coffee (WOC) 2017 in Budapest, as Mexico is made the event’s Portrait Country. But why...
Rust-Resistant Coffee Variety Scores 90.5 Points in Nicaragua CoE
High cupping scores, high yields, and rust resistance? For specialty coffee producers, finding a variety with all three qualities is almost impossible. Often rust-resistant varieties...
Millennials Turn to Decaf: What Does This Mean for Café Owners?
For a growing number of millennials, coffee isn’t a pick-me-up. That’s because this generation is the largest consumer of decaf coffee. And for many of...
Coffee Isn’t World’s 2nd-Most Traded Commodity (But It’s Important)
“Coffee is the world’s second-most traded commodity after oil”: you’ll find this written in published books, countless websites, academic theses, and more. Recently, Starbucks even...
Medicine-Infused Tea & Coffee: Is This The Future?
“Man, I have a headache. I need a coffee.” But imagine if that wasn’t just because you’re addicted to caffeine, but rather because your coffee was...
Should The World Barista Championship Use a Compulsory Coffee?
“It’s supposed to be a barista championship, but no, it’s a coffee championship,” Gianni Cassatini of Nuova Simonelli, one of the World Coffee Events sponsors,...
Coffunity: Can This App Change How We Compare Roasted Coffee?
Finding new coffees isn’t easy, even when you’re connected to the specialty scene. And it’s even harder when you’re new to coffee. Enter Coffunity: the...
BuzzFeed’s Tasty Sells Specialty Coffee Through a Personality Quiz
Don’t bother checking your calendar: it’s not April Fool’s for another 3 weeks. Yet the latest news from BuzzFeed’s Tasty might well sound like an...
McDonald’s Makes Fun of Specialty Coffee – And We’re Lovin’ It
McCafé’s been going through a rebrand: one that involves better coffee and making fun of specialty. We’re not offended, though. We’re lovin’ it. Because this...
Trump’s Immigration Ban: How Is The Coffee Industry Responding?
On January 27th, President Trump banned nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for the next 90–120 days. Initially it appeared that even...