Coffee prices are likely to continue at low levels during 2019, due to the high supply generated by increased harvests in 2018, leading to rising export Read more
WCR Founder Timothy Schilling dedicates 2019 to increasing supply of quality coffee
World Coffee Research (WCR) is dedicated to increasing the supply of quality coffee while improving the livelihoods of the farmers who produce it. Here are three Read more
Former SCA Executive Director Ric Rhinehart prepares for change in 2019
First and foremost I believe that 2019 will be a year in which change is the central issue across many fronts. In coffee, continued consolidation of Read more
Sustainable Harvest Founder David Griswold on how to address climate change in 2019
The odds stacking up against coffee farmers around the globe are like we’ve never seen, from low prices to an ageing farming population. The greatest among Read more
Rainforest Alliance CEO Han de Groot on the need for action in 2019
Today’s coffee industry is facing several challenges, the main ones being climate change and volatile market prices, which disproportionately affect the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and Read more
Lavazza Chairman Marco Lavazza predicts a competitive 2019
In the last full year, the global coffee market was worth 7.9 million tonnes, growing by 2.6 per cent versus 2016. Two-thirds of the volume was Read more
Painting Kenya’s portrait
Fenkil Asghedom isn’t actually from Nairobi, or even from Kenya. The coffee enthusiast and entrepreneur is from nearby Eritrea, a small country on the northern edge Read more
M&A activity by coffee’s corporate giants
They say it all started when JAB Holdings acquired Peet’s Coffee & Tea in July 2012 for US$974 million in cash. When the privately held German Read more
Coffee shops scan new payment ideas
From robots to chatbots, coffee shops are eager to install new technology that speeds up the throughput of customers. While some innovations are already in place Read more
Valuing coffee’s intangibles
From the late 1950s, when an oversupply of coffee in world markets sent prices paid to producers plunging, the Colombian industry surfed from a First Wave Read more