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.
Coffee companies are raising money to assist those affected by the wildfires on Maui
The quality of natural-processed coffees from Brazil has improved to the point that they are passing the Intercontinental Exchange’s gradings and being used to settle arabica contracts on the commodity C market
And hard coffee is back, baby: Dunkin’ is launching a new line of “spiked” coffee and tea ready-to-drink beverages, nearly a year after the demise of PBR’s hard coffee.
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.
Fionn Pooler
