Features
The Big Business Reality of Specialty Coffee
The coffee industry has come a long way since the days of Folgers and Maxwell House. Specialty coffee is now big business, and the industry is awash with cash. Read more
What Exactly Does “Good Growth” Mean in Coffee and Tea?
From the small green shoots that rise in sun-warmed soil across the Equatorial Belt to a steaming ceramic cup cradled in the consumer’s hands... Read more
Kenneth Rimdahl on Increasing Biodiversity and Reforesting Northern Thailand
Kenneth Rimdahl began working with tea in 1993 when he opened the Tea Shop’s first store in Madrid, Spain. Read more
Entice ‘Em!
Tea is widely known but not deeply understood. Experiential tea retailers are vital to transforming casual tea drinkers into informed enthusiasts. Read more
Türkiye Invests in Increasing Exports as it Shifts to Organic Production
For generations, tea producers in Türkiye have focused on quenching a domestic thirst unparalleled in the world. Now attention is shifting to exports to the European Union... Read more
Cloud-based Quality Assurance from Seed to Cup
A pair of Q Arabica Certified computer science students at the University of California, Davis, have partnered with Probat and cloud service provider Fabscale to launch Roastpic... Read more
Romania’s Growing Coffee Market Attracts Attention
Post-pandemic Romanians are embracing coffee culture. Romania, a country at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, is steadily growing... Read more
Brazilian Coffee GIs Represent Quality, Sustainability, and Flavor
According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), one of three cups of coffee worldwide is Brazilian. Read more
Rebranding Russian Tea and Coffee
The Russian tea and coffee market is undergoing major structural changes following the exodus of global players... Read more
Indian Coffee Community Bounces Back
Even as India’s coffee producers struggle with long-standing challenges – labor shortages, erratic weather patterns, and uncertain prices – the positive developments, especially after a bullish year, have brought optimism. Read more
Beyond Cupping: New SCA Protocol Helps Each Coffee Find the Right Home
Coffee scoring protocols launched by the Specialty Coffee Association in 2004 helped drive huge growth in the premium coffee segment over the past decades. Read more
Ethiopia’s Coffee Export Plan Seeks Pricing Power
Ethiopia is five years into a 15-year journey toward quadrupling coffee export revenues. Export revenues and unit prices are rising. Read more
Southeast Asia's Café Culture: Blending Tradition, Innovation, and Technology
Southeast Asia is rich in café history and tradition, shaping contemporary global trends that will be vividly displayed at the upcoming THAIFEX - HOREC Asia... Read more
Tanzania’s Tea Transformation
National plan for boosting high-value farm exports invests in restoring the tea sector, especially smallholders. Read more
Theophord Ndunguru: Helping the Small Farmer Helps Tanzania's Tea Sector
The coffee sector has long appealed to entrepreneurs thanks to growth rates in the double digits in some business categories and markets. Read more
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