Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending August 4th

Can coffee make you happy?

Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending August 4th

This week, in coffee:

  • Kenya’s coffee sector is in chaos after the government shut the Nairobi Coffee Exchange and suspended all marketing and brokerage licenses.
  • Lavazza, a multi-billion-dollar company that benefits from the complexities and power imbalances of the global coffee supply chain, is not happy with the EU’s imminent anti-deforestation legislation because the complexities of the coffee supply chain makes traceability difficult.
  • It’s hard to find affordable coffee in Paris, so why not use the city council’s long-running, crowd-sourced map of establishments offering an espresso for €1.
  • And, can coffee make you happy? Ehhh.

Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:

I’ll be back on Friday with a new piece, but until then here’s Merlin to say/yell goodbye:

A black cat standing on a gravey driveway, yawning/yelling at the camera

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