What state will the world’s coffee plantations be in 10, 20 or 50 years from now? Drought stricken? Disease riddled? Or simply blossoming? Luis Fernando Samper, Chief Communications and Read more
The power of the crop: How coffee farms could enhance mammal biodiversity
Doctoral student Amanda Caudill says coffee is one crop that shows great promise in agroforestry. “The way in which coffee is grown and managed can have a Read more
The coffee health debate
In June last year, one research story was picked up by news sources spreading across Europe, Asia and the Americas, and t undefined Read more
Washed up: reducing the harmful effects of waste water from coffee production
Wind the clock back a few decades, and Ken Calvert, a retired Energy and Wastes Treatment Engineer, says it wouldn’t be uncommon to find black water Read more
VST Inc.‘s Vince Fedele’s coffee quality hypothesis
In January 1999, late Apple CEO Steve Jobs was set to present to an audience on the advent of FireWire. The device was one of the Read more
Goglio leads the pack: a history of innovation in packaging
Over the years, coffee bags have evolved from simple paper structures, offering little to no protection from moisture, light and oxygen, to today’s high barrier films Read more
A coffee roaster developed for farmers
Dr Ruel M. Mojica believes his latest academic work is set to change the livelihoods of Filipino coffee farmers. In his previous studies on the coffee chain, Read more
Coffee technology transfer: CIRAD Ecom public-private partnership
Story by Dr Christophe Montagnon, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche pour le Développement For the last 50 years, coffee productivity measured as the weight of green coffee Read more
Coffee as biofuel: The fuel of the future?
Story by Nicola Heath Many have come to rely on coffee for a kick-start when they need it, so it may not come as too much of Read more
Coffee chains and the Third Wave scene: The end of the cookie cutter?
It wasn’t too long ago that a coffee chain’s strategy in setting up a new store was relati undefined Read more