A complex web of pressures, from climate change to tariffs, are pushing up coffee prices. But the industry has a challenge: How to communicate necessary price rises to consumers without scaring them off.
For paid subscribers: deleted scenes from last week's lexicon. Musings on the words "Sustainability", "Specialty", and the old-school buzzwords like "Artisan" and "Gourmet".
On this week’s Coffee News Roundup: Vietnam’s robusta reserves shrink in yet more bad news for the world’s coffee supplies. Meanwhile, Starbucks allegedly illegally withheld raises from unionized workers per a new complaint from the NLRB, and Papua New Guinea just announced a new post: Minister of Coffee.
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