Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending June 2nd

This week, the coffee news features such exciting stories as:

• Consumers think sustainability initiatives have been good for farmers. Farmers don’t.
• The organization that tracks how much coffee is stored in US port warehouses suddenly stopped publishing that data, leaving analysts, traders, and roasters in the dark.
• Italy’s “hallowed coffee culture” is being eyed up by international coffee brands eager to expand into a country not known for being welcoming to international coffee brands.

Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:

If you missed it, you can check out my latest article here:

"Carbon Neutral" Coffee: Climate Accountability or Marketing Spin?

Do you know the environmental impact of your morning cup of coffee? Coffee is an agricultural product produced in stages around the world, and every stage of the process emits carbon and other pollutants. At the farm there’s machinery, maybe pesticides, maybe water use and associated waste. There’s transport to a mill and onwards to port.

The PouroverFionn Pooler

And until next week, here’s Merlin enjoying a scritch: