Origins
Clipper Teas pledges support to Fairtrade farmers in run up to COP26
Clipper Teas has joined forces with other Fairtrade partners to pledge its support for farmers in their call for climate justice ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, UK, this November.
Gorilla Coffee Alliance to enhance rural livelihoods & wildlife conservation in Democratic Republic of the Congo
USAID, Nespresso, Olam Food Ingredients, TechnoServe, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Asili will partner to support sustainable agriculture and rural enterprise to reduce threats to the critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla.
New tech platform directly links coffee producers and roasters
Paving the way for 100% direct trade for green coffee distribution, Typica, the online platform connecting producers and roasters, is now available in the UK.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Origins, Sustainability
Kerry partners with Café Femenino
The partnership will provide high-quality fair trade organic coffee extracts to F&B brands globally, while also helping to improve the lives of women coffee farmers worldwide.
With coffee and some criticism – the SCA Expo goes forth
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) held its 2021 Expo 30 September – 1 October in New Orleans, but not without controversy or perhaps criticism is a more apropos word. With pandemic restrictions still in place, which prevented many international exhibitors and attendees from participating, and with the Expo beginning one month after Hurricane Ida decimated […]
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins
Westrock Coffee Company announces 100% responsibly sourced by 2025 goal
Westrock Coffee Company has announced its pledge to responsibly source 100% of the company’s coffee and tea by 2025.
Coffee prices reach new highs for August 2021
According to the ICO’s latest report, coffee prices reached new highs in August 2021 as concerns about future supply and increasing freight costs remain the key drivers of the market.
Securing the production of coffee
The sustainability dialogue has shifted from securing a living wage to ensuring a prosperous livelihood for coffee producers in the past year. Although several sectors of the industry have adopted this new mindset, there is still a long road ahead to make this change a reality.
Food 4 Farmers celebrates 10 year anniversary
Food 4 Farmers is celebrating a decade of collaboration with coffee-farming families and co-ops to build food security and community-led resilience to climate change.
Assessing the current state and future of coffee
Coffee is no longer just a hot drink, it’s a lifestyle, and the type of coffee we drink reflects far more than just our coffee preferences, states Matthew Mills, commercial director of the UK’s Masteroast.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Product news, Sustainability
Arabica prices hit highest levels since 2014 but concerns about origins grow
The latest International Coffee Organisation (ICO) report reveals that prices for Arabica coffee in July 2021 surged to the highest levels since November 2014.
Demetria launches AI-based agtech solution to boost growth of high value coffee
Demetria, the first AI-powered taste and quality intelligence SaaS startup for the coffee supply chain, has unveiled a working application that identifies the successful reproduction of high value coffee seedlings.
Ditta Artigianale’s Sanapo to embark on Italian Coffee Tour
Francesco Sanapo, owner of Florentine brand Ditta Artigianale, is set to embark on a cycling tour of Italy to raise awareness of climate change and its threat to coffee.
The brewing debate around defining specialty tea…
Who knew that specialty tea could be so heated? (Sorry, it’s a lame pun but I could not resist!) I should clarify — the brewing debate (and it’s certainly ‘brewing’) centres around the attempt to define specialty tea. There was no true or even “working” definition of “specialty tea” until last week when the European Speciality Tea Association (ESTA) offered one.