Interview: How Specialty Coffee in Honduras Rocketed to the Top
How would you feel if your family was responsible for changing the entire face of your country’s specialty coffee? Proud? Excited? The Paz family of...
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Land leasing in Kenyan coffee production
It’s no secret that the Kenyan coffee industry faces a number of challenges – including a steady decline in annual production volumes. Between 2018 and 2020, information from the International Coffee Organisation shows that the country’s coffee production figures dropped by 8.1% year-on-year, falling from 930,000 to 775,000 60kg bags. Among other factors, this can be partially attributed to the ever-growing urbanisation and development in Kenya. This has caused the… read more
It’s no secret that the Kenyan coffee industry faces a number of challenges – including a steady decline in annual production volumes. Between 2018 and 2020, information from the International Coffee Organisation shows that the country’s coffee production figures dropped… read more
Interview: What’s So Special About Pacamara?
The Pacamara varietal is unique. If people aren’t talking about its outstanding flavour and cup attributes, they’re talking about its distinctive size. But what’s the...
The Rise and Fall and Potential Rise of Brazilian Specialty Coffee
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Specialty vs Commercial Coffee: 3 Key Processing Differences
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Indonesian Wet Hulled Coffee: Your One-Stop Guide
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El Pino Coffeenomics: Why You Should Buy Third Wave
If you ask me, third wave coffee is the most delicious way on Earth to help others pull themselves out of economic hardship. Direct relationships...
How Can We Minimise Waste in the Coffee Industry?
The wonderful thing about third wave coffee—aside from the amazing beverage itself—is how ethical it’s making the industry. With specialty coffee’s focus on origin, we...
How Can Ecotourism Promote Sustainable Coffee Production?
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Ethiopian Coffee: Key to a Better Way of Life for Women & Children
Coffee is everything to the Dumerso community of Yirgacheffe Sidamo, Ethiopia. For ninety percent of them, it’s their main source of income. In fact, Ethiopia...
Everything You Need to Know About Single Origin Coffees
Have you ever walked into a café, looked at the brew on offer, and wondered why the coffee is being touted as single origin? I...
Honey processing: everything you need to know
Have you ever wondered what honey processing or what it means? Or if it’s any better than the natural processed coffee you used last week?...
Arabica And Robusta: What’s The Difference?
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The Nicaraguan Coffee Industry & Story Behind Finca La Argentina
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Is Coffee The Answer to Extreme Poverty in Burundi?
Burundi: a country shattered by civil conflict, including two genocides. It has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world, with 90% of...
Dukunde Kawa Cooperative, Rwanda: Enabling 1400+ Farmers to Double Their Income
Dukunde Kawa Cooperative in Rwanda reminds us that coffee is about more than that delicious taste or caffeine buzz. It’s also about changing lives. A...
What’s Coffee? How a Producer Travelled the Globe to Find Out
If someone were about to ask me who I am and how I came to be involved in specialty coffee, I’d say that I am...