September 20, 2023

Is specialty coffee becoming more popular in Thailand?

Located on the Indochinese Peninsula, Thailand is one of the top 25 coffee producing countries in the world – and the third-largest in Southeast Asia....

June 8, 2023

WCR is showing more interest in robusta. Does specialty coffee need to do the same?

On 31 May 2023, World Coffee Research (WCR) announced that over the past year, it has been working towards developing a possible robusta breeding programme. ...

May 5, 2023

Coffee News Recap, 5 May: WAC confirms more national competition hosts, Vietnamese robusta production set to fall to four-year low & other stories

Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories. Mon, 1 May Westrock...

February 21, 2023

How has robusta production in Nicaragua developed in recent years?

Robusta accounts for approximately 30% to 40% of the global coffee supply; countries like Vietnam, Brazil, and Indonesia are the largest producers of robusta in...

October 12, 2022

Understanding Indonesian robusta coffee production

According to the International Coffee Organisation, Indonesia is the world’s fourth-largest producer of coffee. In 2020, the country produced around 12.1 million 60kg bags of...

March 2, 2022

How can processing be used to improve the quality of commodity robusta coffee?

Robusta accounts for between 30 and 40% of global coffee exports, yet in major consuming markets, it is predominantly used in blends and soluble coffee....

September 21, 2021

A guide to coffee production in Madagascar

Madagascar is the fourth-largest island on Earth, located just off the southeastern coast of Africa. Some time in the mid-late 19th century, coffee was introduced...

August 10, 2021

A guide to roasting robusta coffee

Arabica makes up some 60% of all coffee consumed around the other world. After that, canephora comprises almost all of the remaining 40%, as both...

August 12, 2020

Exploring The Connection Between Canephora & Robusta

For most people in the coffee industry, robusta is viewed as an inferior coffee. The general belief is that robusta beans produce a worse cup...