The Coffee Industry Is Unequal. A Marxist Economic Theory Explains How.
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.
It's decaf, but not as we know it (possibly good)
Fluctuating coffee prices, another coffee union in Louisville, and Kona coffee producers face a ‘farmageddon’. Plus a look at how technology could help improve decaf coffee.
Read the whole thing over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back on Friday with a new piece, but until then it’s goodbye from a pleased-looking Merlin:

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