If the adverse conditions leading to the Colombian coffee growers’ strike were a perfect storm affecting the industry, it is not yet clear whether the relief
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Is the Honduran coffee boom over?
It was all going so well for the Honduran coffee industry. After the last record harvest, which surpassed even the most conservative forecasts, some analysts had
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Southeast Asia – the next target for growth
Although Korea and China have made headlines for the phenomenal growth of their coffee industries in the past few years, industry observers are betting on Southeast
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Trendsetters for coffee prices
There was a time when a few key indicators controlled the direction of commodity prices. News agencies could regularly refer to fundamentals, major weather patterns and the
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Ethiopia’s production potential
It’s just past noon at the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX), and the floor is buzzing with the arrival of a few top-quality lots of washed Sidamos. More
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World coffee prices: a market in denial?
Following widespread reports of failing crops in Latin America, some producers are dismayed that ICE futures prices in New York show little indication of recovering. The rust
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Coffee leaf rust attacks in Central America
For most of the past decade, rust disease has been among the most damaging crop pests in the world’s Arabica growing regions. It’s for this reason that
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Instant coffee consumption in emerging markets
In the past decade, the instant coffee market has expanded at annual growth rates of 7 – 10 per cent. In most emerging markets, many industry
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Peru’s coffee boom
In the 1990-91 crop cycle, Peru produced just 937,000 60-kilogram bags. This was at a time when world production had collapsed following years of massive oversupply. The
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A sustainable trajectory of coffee roasting
The draft of the Fifth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), leaked last December, gave little wiggle room for climate change sceptics. Published
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