Coffee Report
U.N. Agency Eyes Big Opportunity for Intellectual Property In Coffee
Growing use of intellectual property (IP) in the coffee industry holds the potential to become one of the most efficient ways to protect coffee as a product and ad brand value Read more
Uganda 2021-22 Crop Seen Near 6M Bags As Coffee Expansion Grows
Coffee production in East African grower Uganda in the new 2021-22 crop cycle that started on Oct. 1, will reach 5.95 million 60-kilogram bags, private and public coffee industry officials said this week. Read more
The STiR Coffee and Tea Q&A: David M. Neumann and Pablo Garcia C. of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe
The Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is the world’s leading green coffee service group covering all aspects of coffee from cultivation and farm management, export and import operations... Read more
A Mixed Bag: USDA’s Coffee Quality/Production Country Reports
In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, Colombian coffee production will be 14.1m bags green bean equivalent (GBE), assuming excessive rains during the first quarter of the year will marginally impact the October/November harvest. Read more
COVID-19 Increases Likelihood of Coffee Rust Outbreaks
COVID-19’s socioeconomic disruptions are likely to drive the coffee industry into another severe production crisis. Read more
Will Covid-19 Cause Lasting Disruptions in the Coffee Value Chain?
A flagship report from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) says supply and demand have both become more unstable as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
Stress And Drought Put Brazil’s Coffee Crop In Doubt
The new coffee harvest in the world’s number one grower Brazil is forecast to be sharply down from the now completed 2020-21 cycle which produced a record crop of between 63-68 million 60-kilogram bags. Read more
Startup Demetria Secures Funding For AI-Powered Coffee Quality System
Demetria, a startup that uses low-cost sensor technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and software as a service (SaaS) cloud-based computing to track coffee quality secured US$3 million from a funding Read more
Arabica Coffee Price Surges Past Pre-Pandemic Levels
The arabica coffee price reached 14-month highs towards the end of February, climbing quickly past pre-Covid-19 levels, although it fell somewhat toward the end of the month and in early March 2021. Read more
Private Label Coffee Sales Soar During Pandemic
It’s been nearly a year since American office workers fled their office cubicles and sequestered at home to guard against Covid-19. The mass evacuation service coffee channel hard, as sales nearly came to a complete stop Read more
Covid-19 Wipes Out Nearly A Quarter Of US Coffee Shop Market Value
Project Café USA 2021, World Coffee Portal’s report on the US branded café segment, reveals that the US$36 billion market suffered an US$11.5 billion decline in sales decline over the last 12 months, with the total number of outlets contracting 0.6% Read more
The World According To Vern: What Coffee Can Learn From Covid-19 Response
World Coffee Research chief executive Vern Long says the coffee industry can learn important lessons from the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
Sustainable Coffee Challenge Sets Ambitious Climate Goal
Members of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge (SCC) unveiled an ambitious commitment to avoid at least 1.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 Read more
Guidelines Reaffirm Coffee’s Place in Healthy Diet
The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans released on December 29, 2020 reaffirmed that coffee can be part of a healthy diet Read more
Fairtrade Study Demonstrates Benefits of Certification For Women
A just-released study by Fairtrade examines the ways in which women have benefited from certification. Read more
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