Production & Trade
Coffee and wine have been increasingly compared since the 1990s. They couldn't be more different.
Ride-hailing apps emerged in the 2010s as an alternative to local taxi operators. But, like local traders, they have been vilified in comparison to alternatives.
The Environmental, Social, and Governance framework heralds a new era of accountability. Failing to acknowledge it will mean missing out in the future.
Today, around 15-25% of the country’s 110,000 farmers are associated with Fairtrade-certified cooperatives. But some believe they could be better served.
A handful of innovative coffee producers are taking a renewed approach to stem the flow and put El Salvador back on the global coffee map.
As consumption in China grows 15% per year, the state has encouraged a focus on higher quality coffee production in the region.
Over the last few months Colombia’s cooperatives have lost some $120m due to defaults on futures contracts.
On January 1, 2001, the US dollar became legal tender in El Salvador. That same day, the price of goods doubled.
In 2020, an estimated 23% of Salvadoran families lived on less than $5 a day. The average annual amount sent back per migrant, on the other hand, is $4,300.
Fewer than 3% of El Salvador’s coffee farmers produce Pacamara, a home-grown hybrid variety.
High arabica prices & soaring energy costs are testing roasters' abilities to pay farmers the premiums they have promised.
In El Salvador, where coffee farms are generally smallholder and family-run, younger generations grow up knowing that one day they will take the reins from their parents.
Consolidation has become a defining characteristic of the coffee industry – but is working for coffee farms?
Cup of Excellence (CoE) was launched in Brazil in 1999 as a platform for coffee producers – but private auctions have begun to eclipse its popularity.
A Chinese company recently paid more than $400/lb for an Ethiopian Sidama coffee. Where will it end?
The discrepancy is largely due to scarcity and marketing – although other factors are also at play.
Young farmers returning from jobs in the city are disillusioned with power structures. A few have taken matters into their own hands.
The volume of coffee consumed in China has jumped more than 44% in the last five years – but not all of it is what it claims to be.
As of September 2021, more than 53% of Kenyans owned a smartphone – and coffee farmers are harnessing them to become more efficient than ever.
9 out of 10 coffee pickers in Colombia are Venezuelan, many of whom have crossed the border in recent years to escape domestic political and economic turmoil.