Demand for coffee is growing, and climate change threatens supply—yet consumers don’t want to pay more. In an intensified and unequal industry, however, someone always pays.
For paid subscribers: One of Howard Schultz’ final acts as Starbucks CEO was inflicting upon us a line of olive oil-infused coffee drinks. He was so confident the Oleato would change the world. It didn’t.
Kenya’s coffee sector is in chaos after the government shut the Nairobi Coffee Exchange and suspended all marketing and brokerage licenses.
Lavazza, a multi-billion-dollar company that benefits from the complexities and power imbalances of the global coffee supply chain, is not happy with the EU’s imminent anti-deforestation legislation because the complexities of the coffee supply chain makes traceability difficult.
It’s hard to find affordable coffee in Paris, so why not use the city council’s long-running, crowd-sourced map of establishments offering an espresso for €1.
I'm a coffee writer and creator of The Pourover. Based in Scotland, I have over a decade of experience in the specialty coffee industry. Ask me about coffeewashing. It's pronounced Fin (he/him)
