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
Reimagining coffee for a New India
When Srivatsa Krishna joined the Coffee Board of India as its CEO and Secretary earlier this year, he found he was running an organisation in a Read more
Kona’s farmers face steep challenges
When Mark Twain announced in 1866 that “Kona Coffee has a richer flavour than any other, be it grown where it may and call it by Read more
Nestle embraces the Third Wave
These days, it’s not uncommon for a major coffee company or food and beverage producer to make headlines for acquiring an indie label. As small specialty Read more
The Latino effect on the US coffee industry
When asked about the Latino coffee culture in Los Angeles, coffee shop owner Chuy Tovar speaks of a close-knit community of people who are proud of Read more
Cambodia’s coffee renaissance
Past the snake fruits and lychees on through the mufflers, shock absorbers, Buddha carvings and food stalls that vie for attention in Phnom Penh’s pulsing Russian Read more
Adapting the Honduras coffee industry for the future
Three years ago, Edwin Antonio Muñoz Borjas was just an average Honduran coffee farmer managing his family’s plot the way every local smallholder farmer did: the Read more