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Cupping: 4 Steps To Recognizing Good Coffee

Cupping: 4 Steps To Recognizing Good Coffee

It is becoming essential, to use a good quality coffee bean, to have a tasting session of brewed coffee. This is called “cupping” and it was a common industry practice in the United States in the 1800s. As reported by

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Honduras Record Crop Shakes Previous Coffee Forecasts

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Arabica production is going to be shaken up by a record harvest in Honduras, which is expected to cause changes in commodity prices. Even if analysts expected 2018 to be an off-year for Honduras coffee production, the Dutch Bank, Rabobank,

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The Second Ernesto llly International Coffee Awards

The second Ernesto llly International Coffee Awards

Ernesto llly International Coffee Awards program is designed to celebrate producer partners in Illy’s trade network and it was named after Ernesto Illy, who created this program 27 years ago in Brazil. The idea was not only to give prizes

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Arabica Prices Drop While Robusta Gains (Ico)

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During the first eight months of the coffee year 2016/17 (from October to May) total coffee exports have been higher than the previous year (3.9 million bags higher). According to Ico, in May 2017 total coffee exports came to 10.9 million

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Rust-Resistant Leaf Hybrid, Centroamericano Scores 90.5 at 2017 Nicaragua CoE

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According to Daily Coffee News, Centroamericano, a leaf-rust-resistant hybrid has marked a major win in the 2017 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence, CoE, by scoring 90.5. This is a major win for this type of hybrid development called in coffee as F1.

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Colombian Farmers to Boost Their Bean Production

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Things are about to change for good-especially for the coffee farmers who already grow high quality Arabica Colombian coffee beans amidst of all the challenges in Colombia – says Bloomberg.com. Colombia, already the world’s third-largest coffee grower, has been facing

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Coop Coffees Creates Fund for Climate Projects

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According to Daily Coffee News, Cooperative Coffes which imports green coffee is launching a diverse initiative program that will help all the producers linked to its network to grow progressively. The goal is to measure the amount of carbon dioxide emitted

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Brazil Sold In Auction 3K Bags Of Arabica Coffee From Government Stocks

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According to The Times of India, 3,733 bags of arabica coffee was sold in a auction organized by Brazil’s crop supply agency, Conab, on April 5, 2017. The auction finished government’s coffee stocks for the first time in ten years. According

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First World Coffee Science Summit Will Take Place in El Salvador

First World Coffee Science Summit Will Take Place in El Salvador

According to Daily Coffee News , the first ever World Coffee Science Summit will be taking place on May 30 to June 2, 2017. The summit which will take place in San Salvador, El Salvador, will focus on science related issues that

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Cameroon: UCCAO To Modernize Coffee Roasting

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The Union Centrale des Coopératives Agricole de l’Ouest, UCCAO, is planning to upgrade its coffee roasting plant. UCCAO, which is an agricultural cooperative in the Western region of Cameroon, has budgeted up to 400 million fcfa (about 650,000 USD) for

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