For paid subscribers: Coffee is increasingly used to burnish the United Arab Emiratesâ international image. Now it is being supercharged by merging with the popularity of the Dubai chocolate trend.
Right, so anyway whatâs going on in coffee land?
Rwanda is making some regulatory changes to try to boost coffee production, and especially specialty production, after several years of falling yields. One update is a higher export tariff on natural and semi-washed process coffee compared to fully-washedâa tariff that specialty-grade coffee is immune from entirely.
If youâve been grocery shopping in the US recently, youâll probably have noticed that everything is ridiculously expensive. Coffee is part of this trend, with sales falling but prices going up, up, up.
And adding a little sugar to your coffee isnât the end of the world, according to new research from Denmark. The study found that men who added a small amount of sugar to their morning brew had no âsignificant riskâ to health. (Although itâs worth noting that this study comes with some pretty large caveats.)
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. (he/him)
