Coffee Q Grader Changes Cause Confusion and Consternation
It's the Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending April 25th
Coffee is political. There's no getting away from it, no matter how much the industry would like to ignore its connection to the wider world.
Coffee collected from the droppings of civets is sought after by the rich and deplored by animal welfare advocates. Caught in the middle are the farmers who produce it.
It’s hard to shake the feeling that all the money that has flowed into specialty coffee over the past decade or so is warping the industry in ways that we haven’t yet begun to grasp.
The war in Gaza has spilled over into the Red Sea. The coffee industry's concern is with shipping delays.
Who the coffee industry chooses to support, and who it ignores, speaks volumes.
“We're here and we're going to do this and we're going to support people and we're not going to be afraid because that's what they want."
When respected coffee farmer Andres Magaña Ortiz was deported from Hawaii after 30 years, his daughter Victoria had no choice but to take over.
The writer and podcast host on how the "crime" and "safety" justifications used by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz hide the real reasons for the closures.
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