White Papers
The Evolution of Coffee
69% of Americans drink 2 or more cups of coffee every day – everything from Folgers to craft coffee roasters carefully curated in a home coffee maker or at the local coffee shop – how did the humble cup of joe come to be such a cultural phenomenon?
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins
December 2018 Green Coffee Report
The International Coffee Organisation’s latest coffee market report forecasts coffee year 2018-19 to be the second consecutive season of surplus, as global output, estimated at 167.47 million bags, exceeds world consumption, estimated at 165.18 million bags.
ICO Coffee Market Report – January 2019
The International Coffee Organization has published its monthly Coffee Market Report for January 2019.
NRA 2019 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast
The National Restaurant Association has published its 2019 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast (aka What’s Hot Survey)
November Green Coffee Report
According to the London-based International Coffee Organization, coffee prices dropped in November amid an increase in October exports, while production exceeded consumption for coffee year 2017-18.
SCA: Water Security and Coffee: Protecting a Critical Resource
The story of the SCA white papers begins with the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) ratified by the United Nations in the year 2000.
SCA: Gender Equality and Coffee: Minimizing the Gender Gap in Agriculture
The story of the SCA white papers begins with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ratified by the United Nations in the year 2000. These eight goals were designed to serve as a global, collective agenda for sustainability, and they were simultaneously ambitious and broad – for example, “Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger” was number one.
Farmworkers & Coffee: The Case for Inclusion
The story of the SCA white papers begins with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ratified by the United Nations in the year 2000.
Climate Change and Coffee: Acting Globally and Locally – An SCA White Paper
That the climate has changed, is changing, and will continue to change is not in question; the question is what we should be doing, as an industry, to make sure coffee survives and thrives as the production landscape shifts.
Economic Research Working Paper No. 39
Coffee is one of the most important internationally traded commodities.
Mechanization in the Coffee Orchard
As often told, coffee is the second largest traded commodity after oil. Estimated 25 million families depend on coffee cultivation and are located between Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn.
How Do You Cold Brew?
In January 2017, S&D Coffee & Tea partnered with the food and drink research experts at Datassential to conduct the first comprehensive consumer study on cold brew coffee.
Honduras – the great coffee comeback
When thinking about the most impactful coffee producing countries of the world, the coffee giants, such as Brazil and Vietnam, are usually the first to come to mind. Honduras, however, is often forgotten or underestimated. However, Honduras ranks first in Central America, third in Latin America, and sixth globally in coffee exports by volume, according […]
Advancing the business of tea
Global volumes of both hot tea and packaged ready-to-drink (RTD) tea are estimated to have grown by 2% in retail channels in 2015, with 4% growth estimated in tea sold into foodservice channels for out of home consumption. At the category level, growth remains fairly consistent. Euromonitor International has forecasted 2% annual volume growth expected […]