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January 25, 2023

How do you roast coffee for milk?

January 11, 2023

Specialty coffee blends: How exciting can they be?

November 10, 2022

How is decaf coffee made?

September 19, 2022

Understanding roast curves on modern coffee roasters

September 12, 2022

Exploring the rise of Caribbean coffee roasters

February 9, 2023

PRF announces the Global Roasting Contest

Last year, Producer & Roaster Forum (PRF) announced that it will return to El Salvador – where the first PRF event was held in 2016. On 16 & 17 March 2023, PRF El Salvador will take place at the Salamanca Exhibition Centre in San Salvador. The two-day forum will attract thousands of international coffee professionals – including roasters, traders, and baristas, as well as producers. Alongside an extensive line up… read more

Last year, Producer & Roaster Forum (PRF) announced that it will return to El Salvador – where the first PRF event was held in 2016. On 16 & 17 March 2023, PRF El Salvador will take place at the Salamanca… read more

February 9, 2023

PRF announces the Global Roasting Contest

Last year, Producer & Roaster Forum (PRF) announced that it will return to El Salvador – where the first PRF event was held in 2016....

January 25, 2023

How do you roast coffee for milk?

It’s impossible to deny just how popular milk-based coffee drinks (such as the flat white, latte, and cappuccino) are in coffee shops around the world....

January 11, 2023

Specialty coffee blends: How exciting can they be?

Over the past year, it’s been impossible to ignore the rise of specialty coffee blends. Across the sector, more and more specialty roasters are adding...

November 10, 2022

How is decaf coffee made?

Although many people around the world drink coffee to increase their caffeine intake, a significant proportion of coffee drinkers opt for decaffeinated or low-caffeine coffee....

September 19, 2022

Understanding roast curves on modern coffee roasters

As technological change becomes more and more frequent in the coffee industry, we are seeing more roasters invest in modern equipment, including machines which can...

September 12, 2022

Exploring the rise of Caribbean coffee roasters

The Caribbean has a long history of coffee production, with some of the world’s first coffee farms established in Jamaica and Haiti in the early...

September 6, 2022

How are coffee capsules manufactured and filled?

The demand for coffee capsules has never been as high as it is today. According to Fior Markets, the global capsule industry will be worth...

July 28, 2022

What is the definition of a micro coffee roaster?

Around the world, the specialty coffee market only continues to become more prominent. This has led to an increasing number of micro roasters selling high-quality...

June 7, 2022

Should coffee roasters add robusta to blends if arabica prices increase?

From early 2021 through until mid-2022, coffee prices have steadily increased. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including extreme weather conditions, like...

May 31, 2022

Why don’t more producers market their own coffee?

Coffee is one of the most economically significant agricultural commodities in the world. According to data from the International Coffee Organisation (ICO), around 167.58 million...

May 26, 2022

Are specialty coffee brands becoming more and more similar?

Around the world, specialty coffee consumption is on the rise. The National Coffee Association’s 2022 Spring National Coffee Data Trends Report stated that specialty coffee...

May 25, 2022

What’s the difference between plastic and metal coffee pods?

Around the world, coffee pod consumption continues to grow at pace. By 2025, the global market is expected to be worth over US $29 billion....

April 7, 2022

Cost management tips for smaller coffee roasters

With the exponential growth of specialty coffee in recent years, we’ve seen a corresponding rise in the emergence of nano roasters, home roasters, and coffee...

March 30, 2022

Exploring AI in coffee roasting

In recent years, there’s no doubt that we’ve seen the rise of artificial intelligence in a number of industries. Coffee roasting is no exception, and...

March 21, 2022

How do you roast coffee for barista competitions?

The process of roasting coffee for barista competitions is in many ways different from roasting for wholesale customers and end consumers.  This is for a...

January 20, 2022

How can roasters diversify into the coffee capsule market?

There’s no denying that the coffee capsule market is growing exponentially. According to Mordor Intelligence, the capsule & pod market was valued at over US...