Coffee News Roundup
How is it Friday, again? Already? Shouldn’t there be other days in between? This whole “life speeding by” thing isn’t fair. When you’re a child time moves at the speed of moss: idly floating down a river on a barge; playing hide and seek in an echoey
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup, in which each week we gaze quizzically at coffee companies as they pull weird marketing stunts, release new and vaguely gross products, and unashamedly union-bust, and then go to brunch or whatever. So who are we mad at this week? Spot Coffee
Coffee News Roundup
Welcome to the middle of August, where here in Michigan it is foggy and cool. It’s felt like fall for a few days now, which is a little unnerving considering, again, that it’s the middle of August. And this weekend is forecast to be muggy and hot. I
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Coffee News Roundup, this week brought to you by that delicious mix of excitement, trepidation, and low-grade dread that heralds the start of another Premier League season. There is very, very little coffee news this week, so let’s just dive in.
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup, your go-to source of sometimes informative, mostly pointless, always snarky coffee tidings. Coffee-Growing Nations Plan UN Protest as Slump Ruins Farmers - via Bloomberg Coffee prices are plummeting. Farmers are abandoning their farms, causing mass destabilization and migration. It’s having such
Coffee News Roundup
Alright, here we go again. Buckle yourselves in, people, it’s going to be a wild ride. It’s not actually. Just trying to inject some urgency into proceedings. Now that we’re suitably amped, let’s take a look at the news. (Note: I’m not covering the Nestlé/
Coffee News Roundup
It’s summer in Michigan, which means walking outside is like stepping into a hot shower. It’s like wading through a vat of soup. It’s humid, is what I’m trying to say. Now, coming from Scotland, I am used to cool summers full of rain and sunny-but-not-warm
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another Friday, which means another roundup of the ins and outs, the highs and lows, the goods and bads, of news from the coffee world. We start with what is both an important story and also a flagrant piece of self-promotion. Former SPoT Coffee Employees Allege
Coffee News Roundup
Just a quick roundup this week, as I spent the last few days in upstate New York for the 4th (which, because of dual nationality, is a most confusing American holiday) and haven’t really been keeping up with the coffee news. Nonetheless, let’s hit the main points and
Coffee News Roundup
Summer has well and truly hit Michigan. It has hit with a vengeance, which means I will be too hot and very tired for the next three months. Excellent. I love summer. On the plus side, three months of iced coffee. Coffee Giants Brazil and Colombia Meet to Address Price
Coffee News Roundup
It’s June 21st, the longest day of the year and the official start of summer. It’s a gloriously sunny day here in Michigan, which bodes well. I look forward to the rain that will inevitably follow next week. June 21st also marks the day when most coffee companies
Interviews
Born and raised in the city of Serra Negra, in Southeast Brazil’s São Paulo state, Jonas Leme Ferraresso is an agronomist and coffee jack-of-all-trades who has held many jobs within the coffee supply chain: he has dabbled in roasting, farming, consultancy, and exporting just to name a few. Jonas