Green Coffee Buying

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February 28, 2020

Ethiopia to The World: The Origins of Coffee in Africa

Coffee has come a long way from its birthplace in the hills of Ethiopia. Today, you’ll find it growing and being sipped all over the world. It has moved many miles, been contested, stolen, and obsessed over. Its roots in Africa help tell the story and serve as a reminder… read more

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 ...read more

Written by Heleanna Georgalis

June 8, 2016

An Unstable Market: The Economics of Global Coffee Prices

“Why do the prices they pay us change?” I was stood in front of 50 farmers in an un-airconditioned one-room K-12 schoolhouse in Espinal, Tolima, ...read more

Written by Karl Wienhold

January 19, 2016

What Is Coffee? A Basic Explanation From Seed to Cup

We consume over 2.25 billion cups of coffee all around the globe, every single day. An estimated two-thirds of U.S. Americans drink a cup of ...read more

Written by A Weiss