How coffee education can help roasters adapt to the impact of Covid-19
Covid-19 changed the world of work for everyone. For many around the world, the introduction of states of lockdown, physical distancing measures, and general economic...
James Harper is a Berlin-based freelance coffee journalist and the creator of the Filter Stories podcast.
“Crash Testing” Coffee Hybrids’ Resistance To Adverse Growing Conditions
According to research conducted in 2016, within the next 30 years, climate change could remove more than 50% of the world’s suitable coffee-growing land. A...
Creating A Sustainable Model For Coffee Replanting
It’s no secret that there are a number of challenges confronting smallholder coffee growers around the world. Firstly, climate change is reducing the amount of...
How Can Coffee Traders Raise Brand Awareness?
The Ethiopian Exporter’s Association represents almost 100 green coffee exporters. The question is: how many of them can you name? Exporters and importers invest millions...
Overcoming Logistical Hurdles to Strengthening Direct Trade Relationships
Direct trade establishes direct, mutually beneficial relationships between roasters and producers, cutting out all or some of the middlemen usually involved in the coffee supply...
Producer Perspectives on Farmgate Prices & Technology
Increased coffee supply chain transparency could help farmers secure better coffee prices. However, few transparency efforts extend back to this group, which means that once...
COVID-19 & The Coffee Trade: Exploring The Short- & Long-Term Impact
Containers, cash flow, and congestion: COVID-19 is causing unprecedented chaos in the coffee industry. Lee este artículo en español COVID-19 & The Coffee Trade: Exploring...
Coffee Pricing: Why We Need to Know Farmgate And Not Just FOB
What did the farmer who grew your coffee get paid? Finding an answer to this simple question is challenging. So challenging, in fact, that most...
Coffee Origins: A Guide to Mexico
On small, mountainous farms run mainly by indigenous producers, you’ll find an often-overlooked gem growing strong: Mexican coffee. When people list famous coffee origins, Mexico...
How Can Roasters Target Luxury & High-End Markets?
While British high street coffee shops are criticized by politicians and newspapers for selling coffees at £2.35 (US $2.56), just up the road in the...
Blockchain & Coffee: Separating The Marketing From The Reality
Blockchain. Bitcoin. Supply chains. These are some of the many buzzwords passing across people’s lips, often interspersed with the adjectives “revolutionary” and “game-changing”. Frankly, it...
How Education Creates Opportunities in Coffee-Producing Regions
Social programmes, such as arts initiatives, are working to offer young people in coffee-producing communities better education and better work opportunities as they move into...
Coffee’s Role in The Face of Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis
“Yemen has become the largest humanitarian crisis in the world,” states the UN. It is also a country that has exported coffee globally for almost...
How Can Roasters Market Sustainable Coffee?
Sourcing sustainable coffee helps you stay true to your vision and support a better supply chain – but how do you convince customers to buy...
Pricing Coffee: Why Do Yemeni Beans Cost More?
Yemeni coffees can make headlines for their prices. And understandably so: they often sell for upwards of US $60 per kilo green. But why does...
How Nicaragua’s Political Climate Is Impacting Its Coffee Industry
Nicaragua has a long history of growing coffee and an economy that is strongly linked to the crop. But recent political unrest is impacting the...