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Port Delays Cost Brazilian Coffee Producers Millions

Shipping delays in Brazil’s ports cost coffee producers and exporters millions of dollars each year. In June of 2024, the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé)...

Jun 2, 2025

Diana Jendoubi

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Lao Cong Shui Xian: The Crowning Glory of Wuyi Rock Tea

In the misty peaks of Fujian's Wuyi Mountains, where ancient tea trees cling to rocky cliffsides, a remarkable oolong has captured the attention of connoisseurs...

Jun 1, 2025

Bhavi Patel

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New EU Risk List Set to Reshape Coffee and Commodity Trade Worldwide

On May 22, 2025, the European Commission published on its Green Forum platform the long-awaited country risk classifications and benchmarking system...

Jun 1, 2025

Emilio Bonnet

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Kenya Suspends Rainforest Alliance Certification Nationwide

Kenya has suspended Rainforest Alliance (RA) audits, in-person inspections, and new certifications for the country's tea factories nationwide, citing high costs...

May 29, 2025

Dan Bolton

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Brewing Tensions: The Global Impact of 2025 Tariffs on the Coffee Industry

As dawn breaks over misty coffee farms from Colombia to Vietnam—where the future of the $460 billion global coffee industry takes root each day...

May 26, 2025

Emily McIntyre

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Port Delays Cost Brazilian Coffee Producers Millions
Shipping delays in Brazil’s ports cost coffee producers and exporters millions of dollars each year. In June of 2024, the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé)...
Jun 2, 2025
Diana Jendoubi
News
Lao Cong Shui Xian: The Crowning Glory of Wuyi Rock Tea
In the misty peaks of Fujian's Wuyi Mountains, where ancient tea trees cling to rocky cliffsides, a remarkable oolong has captured the attention of connoisseurs...
Jun 1, 2025
Bhavi Patel
News
New EU Risk List Set to Reshape Coffee and Commodity Trade Worldwide
On May 22, 2025, the European Commission published on its Green Forum platform the long-awaited country risk classifications and benchmarking system...
Jun 1, 2025
Emilio Bonnet
News
Kenya Suspends Rainforest Alliance Certification Nationwide
Kenya has suspended Rainforest Alliance (RA) audits, in-person inspections, and new certifications for the country's tea factories nationwide, citing high costs...
May 29, 2025
Dan Bolton
News
Brewing Tensions: The Global Impact of 2025 Tariffs on the Coffee Industry
As dawn breaks over misty coffee farms from Colombia to Vietnam—where the future of the $460 billion global coffee industry takes root each day...
May 26, 2025
Emily McIntyre
Features
Starbucks and Indonesia Celebrate 54 Years of Iconic Partnership at WOC Jakarta
Starbucks honored Indonesia’s rich coffee heritage at the inaugural World of Coffee Asia in Jakarta this past week. Celebrating a partnership that began in 1971...
May 19, 2025
Diana Jendoubi
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Navigating Growth and Innovation in the Modern Tea Market
In a landscape dominated by cafe culture and crowded grocery shelves, a familiar question reverberates throughout the tea industry: Has the tea market reached a saturation point?
May 14, 2025
Billy Dietz
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Tea Tariff Relief but No Exemption Forthcoming
The mutual decision by China and the US to reduce tariffs for 90 days while negotiating a “new normal” is sufficient to resume trade that was virtually halted...
May 14, 2025
Dan Bolton
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Southern California: America's Emerging Coffee Frontier
California has long been renowned for its vibrant café scene, from the third-wave coffee movement pioneers in San Francisco to the trendsetting specialty shops...
May 14, 2025
Bhavi Patel
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A Bright Future for Dark Tea
Chinese hei cha or ‘dark tea,’ as the term is often translated into English, is one of the six major categories of tea produced in China, along with green, yellow, white...
May 14, 2025
Seth Griffin
Features
SCA and CQI Partnership Evolves and Advances
Two major announcements were made this past weekend at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Houston, Texas, regarding the longstanding partnership...
Apr 29, 2025
Diana Jendoubi
News