Clik here to view.
Family-Run Over The Border Coffee Brings Guatemalan Beans to Georgia
A seventh-generation, 200-acre coffee farm in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has gained a foothold selling its coffees directly to consumers and wholesale accounts in Georgia through Over The Border Coffee....
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Shipping Disruptions Are Affecting the Specialty Coffee Industry
A rare mainstream international cargo shipping story reached a welcome turning point today as the skyscraper-sized container ship the Ever Given was finally dislodged from the banks of the Suez...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Swiss Water Opens 82,000-SF Production Center Outside Vancouver
Following long-term growth projections for the decaffeinated coffee market, Canadian green coffee processing and trading company Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee has opened a new 82,000-square-foot...
View ArticleClik here to view.
COVID-19 Curtailed High-End Green Coffee Purchasing, Analysis Shows
Traded volumes of high-quality specialty coffee declined as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic while volumes of lower-quality specialty coffees increased, according to a recent analysis from the authors...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cocomiel Makes US Nationwide Launch with Farmer-Focused Profit-Sharing Model
A relatively new brand with deep roots in the coffee sustainability movement called Cocomiel (styled as “CocoMiel”) has announced its United States nationwide launch, offering single-origin, traceable...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bellwether, Sustainable Harvest and Heifer Unveil Verified Living Income Model
Electric roaster maker Bellwether Coffee, the nonprofit Heifer International and green coffee trader Sustainable Harvest this morning announced a new pricing model that transparently ties green coffee...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Maverick Coffee Trading Launches in The Netherlands
A green coffee trading company called Maverick Coffee Trading has sprung to life in The Netherlands, focusing on coffees from numerous countries and continents of origin. Based in Woerden in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Introduction to Water Activity in Green Coffee
The world of science in the coffee industry has, for the past few years, been experiencing a renaissance involving innovation, technology, research and experimentation. Most specialty coffee...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SCA Launching Green Coffee Summit with August Event
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is launching the Green Coffee Summit, a free online event for green coffee market participants taking place Aug. 25-26. The Summit will be augmented by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ethiopian Green Coffee Specialist Unravel Merchants Makes US Launch
A new green coffee company called Unravel Merchants has launched with a focus on specialty coffees from Ethiopia for the North American market. The company is the fruit of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vollers Buying Green Coffee Marketplace Cropster Hub, Launching V-Hub
German logistics service provider Vollers Group is purchasing Cropster Hub, the six-year-old online green coffee marketplace created by coffee roasting and inventory software provider Cropster. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Olam International Plans IPO for Food Business Unit That Includes Coffee
International food and agri-business giant Olam International has announced that the operating group that comprises its coffee divisions, Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), plans to seek an IPO in 2022. Olam...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pandemic Logistics: A Comic Tragedy
[A note from the author/illustrator: What follows is a fictitious depiction. By using a landlocked country (Rwanda) as an example in the comic below, the additional burden of overland transit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Three Questions with Linda Mugaruka, the ‘Queen of Beans’ in the DRC
For the past six years, Linda Mugaruka has been on a singular mission to support and promote specialty coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mugaruka identifies as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Agora Coffee Merchants Strikes North America Deal with Brazilian Producer...
New Jersey-based green coffee importer Agora Coffee Merchants has reached a sales and marketing deal with Brazilian producer organization Ipanema Coffees. According to Agora, which is based in Red Bank...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brazil-Based Farmly Launches Online Platform for Green Coffee Sales
A new online green coffee sales platform called Farmly has launched in Brazil, connecting producers directly to buyers then assisting in the logistics. Transactions can range from as little as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Olam Specialty Coffee Expands E-Commerce Platform to Europe
After more than a decade of serving the specialty coffee industry in the United States, Olam Specialty Coffee is expanding its brand and e-commerce platform to Europe. With new sites...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Report From the Front Line of Ukraine’s Coffee Community
Editor’s Note: The following Q&A was conducted between longtime coffee market specialist Richard Hide and Ukranian specialty coffee professional Julia Dziadevych, who has been helping to galvanize...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Green Coffee Company Volcafe Enlists DSS+ for Carbon Neutrality Effort
Swiss multinational coffee trading company Volcafe has enlisted the corporate sustainability consultancy DSS+ (styled as dss⁺) to help transition to operational carbon neutrality. The green coffee...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sustainable Harvest Launches E-Commerce Site with 36-Pound Boxes
After more than two years of development, Portland, Oregon-based coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest has launched a new e-commerce site, allowing smaller roasters to buy 36-pound boxes of green...
View Article