Who Will Fund the Future of Coffee?
For paid subscribers: some thoughts on the loss of USAID funding for coffee research, and the possibly misguided hope that corporations will step up.
I think Nespresso is trying to antagonize me, personally.
Help support coffee communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo after devastating floods. Plus, the global cost-of-living crisis is pushing consumers towards cheaper coffees, raising the price of robusta; Millie Bobby Brown and Neil Patrick Harris join the list of celebrity coffee folk; and I’m pretty sure Nespresso is trying to antagonize me personally with its latest coffeewashing collaboration: a $24,000 Hublot watch made from (a teeny tiny percentage of) recycled coffee.
Read the whole Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
If you missed it, you can read my latest article, a more introspective piece than usual:
I’ll be back next week. Until then, here’s Merlin:
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