For 18 months, the coffee industry has remained mostly silent about the ongoing destruction of Gaza. A new fundraiser hopes to raise moneyāand jolt the industry awake.
For paid subscribers: Iāve written before about Starbucksā myriad climate issues, but now conservative activist shareholders are trying to weaponise those failings in service of a climate denialist goal.
Right, so anyway whatās going on in coffee land?
Rwanda is making some regulatory changes to try to boost coffee production, and especially specialty production, after several years of falling yields. One update is a higher export tariff on natural and semi-washed process coffee compared to fully-washedāa tariff that specialty-grade coffee is immune from entirely.
If youāve been grocery shopping in the US recently, youāll probably have noticed that everything is ridiculously expensive. Coffee is part of this trend, with sales falling but prices going up, up, up.
And adding a little sugar to your coffee isnāt the end of the world, according to new research from Denmark. The study found that men who added a small amount of sugar to their morning brew had no āsignificant riskā to health. (Although itās worth noting that this study comes with some pretty large caveats.)
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.
