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November 9, 2023

Why do some coffee plants produce pink flowers?

For the millions of farmers around the world, the emergence of fragrant flowers on coffee plants marks one of the most important stages of the production cycle. The timing of blooming varies between producing countries, but it’s inevitably a key indicator of potential productivity for the season ahead. Most of us are familiar with the white jasmine-scented flowers. In some rare cases, however, coffee plants produce pink flowers. There are… read more

For the millions of farmers around the world, the emergence of fragrant flowers on coffee plants marks one of the most important stages of the production cycle. The timing of blooming varies between producing countries, but it’s inevitably a key… read more

June 10, 2016

Direct Trade and the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange: What’s the Problem?

98% of the coffee exported out of Ethiopia goes through the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECX), so to say it’s important is a massive understatement. But...

June 8, 2016

An Unstable Market: Economics of Global Coffee Price

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February 16, 2016

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It is by no means an exaggeration to dub the Cup of Excellence (COE) awards “the Oscars of the coffee world”. Yet is there room...

January 19, 2016

What Is Coffee? A Basic Explanation From Seed to Cup

We consume over 2.25 billion cups of coffee all around the globe, every single day. An estimated two-thirds of U.S. Americans drink a cup of...