by Andres Castro, in Columbia Some coffee regions have already started their coffee harvest, like in Columbia. As never before a close attention and detail is paid in this part of the world. Small towns are tightly related to coffee production are typically a good gauge about the current harvest. The ‘C’ Market, the futures [...]
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Colombian Green Coffee Record High
It’s been 13 years since the Colombia green coffee Ex – dock reached that high price in the New York C exchange. There are some explanations and direct causes that have influenced the prices to jump to this record in a decade. Some variables are easier to understand — bad weather conditions, low fertilization, and [...]
Guatemala Farm Friendly Update
I would like to write an update regarding our Rain Forest Alliance (RFA) certification project in Guatemala. I wrote an article about this initiative a few months ago. Last March, a formal audit group from the FIIT foundation located in Guatemala had the opportunity to visit El Paternal farm to check the compliance of each [...]
What is Specialty Coffee?
I was talking with a colleague about the definition of specialty coffee and after a long discussion we found out that is hard to come up with a single description of this type of coffee because it varies from country to country. There are also independent organizations that have set different parameters to gauge what [...]
