When inspectors from Brazil’s labour ministry arrived unannounced at the Sandalus Farm, a smallish estate on the plateau of Vitoria da Conquista, a traditional coffee-growing area Read more
The rapid growth of Myanmar’s coffee industry
Change has come rapidly to Myanmar over the past few years. After more than 50 years of rule under a brutal military regime, the South-East Asian nation Read more
India’s growing coffee culture
In a recent summit between India and the European Union (EU), the world’s largest democracy reinforced its status as one of the developing world’s leading voices Read more
The trickle down of the barista economy
It has become economic shorthand for the shift of developed nations towards a more service-based economy, but the term “barista economy”, and the trend it represents, Read more
Fair Trade coffee tourism
A UK-based social enterprise that specialises in Latin American ecotourism has partnered with well-known Fairtrade coffee brand Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation (CPF), to launch a range of Read more
Jacobs Douwe Egberts aims for global domination
A joint venture between DE Master Blenders and Mondelēz International looks set to shake up the global coffee landscape. Read more
Ethiopia’s forgotten Harar region returns to specialty coffee market
With coffee farms carved out of dense rocks in highlands so dry that from the outside they appear to be part of the Sahara dessert, eastern Read more
Dangerous grounds
The world’s youngest country is infamous for conflict and oil. Decades of war in South Sudan has killed tens of thousand undefined Read more
Growing the Chinese market
In 2012, mainland China was listed by the International Coffee Organization (ICO) as the sixth-largest consumer of coffee in East and Southeast Asia, getting through more Read more
Growing peace
Around the pool at a hostel in Cartagena, Colombia, an argument is developing on the legitimacy of Netflix crime drama Narcos. Narcos tells the story of the Read more