Ecuador Emerges as Lauded Andes Origin
Ecuador is a small coffee producing country that has come into focus lately as an emerging source of high-quality, high-grown specialty arabica.
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Tea Industry Faces Disruptive 10% Tariff
Continued volatility poses a threat to processed coffees Read more
Menno Simmons
Menno Simmons, founder of Trabocca coffee traders, is an expert on Ethiopian specialty coffee. “I wanted to create, to get my boots dirty, to face the challenges and most of all: to add value in Ethiopia,” he writes. See his conversation with STiR. Read more
Africa Rising
The world is realizing African coffee has its perks. Countries including Ethiopia, Uganda, the Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) and Kenya are seeking to boost production during the next five years. Read more
Chongqing Coffee Exchange
China’s largest commercial coffee exchange and rail hub delivers instant, roast, and green coffee to half the world Read more
Kenya Struggles to Reform Coffee Sector
A five-year strategy for Kenya’s coffee sub-sector is focused on the revival, strengthening and adequate resourcing for more than 500 primary coffee cooperatives that receive, process, and market coffee. Read more
Logistics is Resource Management
The term “supply chain management” is out of date. The new challenge is on-demand network integration. Read more
Coffee Packaging: In Search of Sustainability
Coffee bag and degassing valve producers, like others in the broader packaging industry, are making moves to deliver sustainable products for their roasting customers and, most importantly, for consumer demand. Read more
Interest in Hemp Coffee and Tea Grows
Musician Willie Nelson produces CBD coffee and tea while the US Food and Drug Administration holds hearings on whether to classify the hemp molecule as an ingredient in foods and drink and possibly a regulated drug. Read more
Pricing Crisis: Domestic Markets are Part of the Solution
As the world watches a dramatic plunge in coffee prices, the worst decline in more than a decade, losses in the coffee lands are mounting. Exporting coffee no longer appeals financially, making domestic markets increasingly important. Read more
How Green is Your Tea?
The Committee on Sustainability Assessment describes the benefits of shared indicators in a recent paper on sustainable tea. Read more
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