Southern Africa’s four leading coffee nations are planning a comeback on the international stage for specialty beans. After years of challenges, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are
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Emerging markets are Nestlé’s secret weapon against JDE
Since the formation of Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) in 2015, the global retail coffee market is fast becoming a bipolar struggle between JDE and the global
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Indian farmers take action on climate change
While politicians around the world still grapple with appropriate responses to climate change, or if indeed there should be any response at all, for the Coffee
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Kenya’s troubled coffee sector
Later this year and with absolutely no fanfare, Kenya will mark an unwanted anniversary. It will be 30 years since its record coffee harvest. This landmark
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Peru’s perfect storm
More than 1 million people visit the magnificent Machu Picchu ruins every year. But just 10 kilometres away, following the infamous Salkantay trekking trail, there is a small
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Russia’s instant growth
The Orimi Trade Group as recently announced plans to invest up to US$130 million in the construction of a new coffee factory in the St Petersburg
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Starbucks vs McDonald’s
With McDonald’s moving to capture more of the coffee business and Starbucks shifting its strategy towards the premium market, are we about to see a clash of the titans?
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Honduras’ remarkable rust recovery
Central America’s largest coffee producing nation is getting bigger. After five years of relentless weather problems resulting in smaller than expected crops across the world of
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Technoserve’s East African connection
In the fevered imaginings of any adventurous coffee prospector, there will always be a jewel out there somewhere in the remote wilds. Beyond a bend in
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Burundi’s special appeal
It was coffee harvest in May 2015, Ben and Kristy Carlson’s third year of coffee production in Burundi, in east Africa’s Great Lak undefined
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