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 to Conab, those who bought paid a 5% premium on average for at least 15-year old coffee beans that were
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Nicaragua Invests In Disease-Resistant Coffee Due To Climate Change
Climate change has been a great threat to coffee production in the world recently. So Nicaragua is changing its coffee production , it is investing in a disease-resistant variety of coffee to protect its export, reports Manila Bulletin. Coffee is one of Nicaragua’s key export crop. The disease resistant robusta coffee, from the Coffea canephora plant, has been authorized by the
Farmer Brothers Take-Over West Coast Coffee
The Farmer Brothers, a Texas-based coffee roaster, distributor and wholesaler has taken over West Coast Coffee Company, reports Daily Coffee News. They acquired it for $13.5 million including a possible $1 million that depends on the company’s future performance. According to the news report, West Coast Coffee will be a subsidiary of Farmer Brothers carrying out its direct store delivery
Manila ‘Coffee and Mind’ Tasting Event
Daniel Humphries, a specialty coffee consultant and professional will be spearheading the “Coffee and Mind”, an experiential coffee event that will take place in Manila, Philippines. The event will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2017 is out to explore coffee flavor in relationship with language and coffee tasting perception. The event will take place in Mandaluyong, in the Mozaic
Five “B” Plans for Coffee Shops
They say things always come in three’s; so when the coffee machine, dishwasher and high-speed oven decided to stop working in the week before Christmas, the good news is that we had all bases covered. What are your emergency plans? In the past, any one of these issues could have sent us into a tailspin, but strangely enough, even though
Kenyan Coffee Farmers Menaced by Organized Robberies
Following a continued series of theft cases, Kenyan farmers have started to wonder if they should continue with what used to be their “life-line”: growing coffee, as reported by theguardian. News sources have traced theft cases back to 2010, and they have continued over the following six years to present day. (businessdailyafrica). It’s not just a matter of the coffee, even
7-Eleven to Introduce Sustainability Certified Coffee
According to a report by Daily Coffee News, 7-Eleven is for the first time introducing a sustainability certified coffee. According to the news report, the company announced the release of Rainforest Alliance certified coffee that is grown by farmers in Matagalpa, a region in Nicaragua. This comes after 7-Eleven announced in July that it was working to set measurable corporate social responsibility
Ugandan Coffee Farmers Smile as Prices Rise
Coffee farmers and traders in Uganda are happy as coffee prices have gone up this season as compared to same period last year (reports All Africa). Ugandan Coffee Farmers Smile The price of fresh coffee cherries has gone up to Shs1,200 per kilo compared to Shs800 last year, meanwhile a kilo of dried robusta coffee is Shs2,400 compared to Shs2,000
Starbucks, Customers Raise Funds to Plant 22M Coffee Trees
Starbucks, through its One Tree for Every Bag Commitment has raised funds to plant at least 22 million rust-resistant coffee trees beating its planned objective of 20 million trees by the end of 2016. Launched in September 2015, the aim is out to help assure the supply of coffee for a long term period and also the economic future of
Uganda: Coffee Law to Boost Quality & Income
A farmers’ group in Uganda has called on the government to pass a law to protect the country’s coffee quality (Bloomberg). If such a law is passed, it will provide for crop management methods and those who mismanage their output and produce low quality will be punished, Gerald Ssendaula, the chairman of National Union of Coffee Agribusiness & Farm Enterprises