For 18 months, the coffee industry has remained mostly silent about the ongoing destruction of Gaza. A new fundraiser hopes to raise money—and jolt the industry awake.
For paid subscribers: I’ve written before about Starbucks’ myriad climate issues, but now conservative activist shareholders are trying to weaponise those failings in service of a climate denialist goal.
While certain unnamed companies release luxury watches containing tiny amounts of coffee grounds, researchers in Australia have discovered that adding coffee grounds to concrete not only saves on sand (a precious and depleting resource) but actually makes the concrete stronger.
World Coffee Research has launched an open-access coffee genetic fingerprinting database, which among other things could put an end to variety mislabeling (so you can be sure that gesha you bought is actually a gesha).
Coffee capsule manufacturers in Europe are worried about new EU legislation that could force them to produce more sustainable pods. The horror.
I'm the creator and writer of The Pourover. Based in Scotland, I have over a decade of experience in the specialty coffee industry as a barista, roaster, and writer. Ask me about coffeewashing.
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