The Coffee Smuggler of Boca Raton
For paid subscribers: A tale of international intrigue, bank fraud, and coffee smuggling from the 1980s that sounds like an episode of Miami Vice.
Coffee might be old—really old—but it's still more popular than water.
What happened in the world of coffee last week? Here’s a preview:
Read the full Roundup, which also includes some complications in the Starbucks union drive, over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back on Friday with a new long-form article, but until then it’s goodbye from Merlin:
A newsletter about coffee—its culture, politics, and how it connects to the wider world.