by andrew | Oct 2, 2021 | agriculture, business, economic development, economy, featured, industry, marketing, news, origin, quality, women
The International Trade Centre released an updated version of the Coffee Guide yesterday. The date (October 1st) is also International Coffee Day, a holiday established by the ICO to celebrate the importance of coffee production to humanity. In practice, it is mainly... 
by andrew | Apr 6, 2016 | competitions, events, featured, news, origin
Myanmar coffee is coming to the Specialty Coffee Association of America event in Atlanta. This will be the first time that an organized producer group from the origin has visited the United States and also the first season that specialty coffee is available for export... 
by andrew | Jul 11, 2015 | featured, health, science
Popular YouTube medical investigation series Healthcare Triage recently featured coffee and its impact on health. The results are not surprising to those of us working in the coffee or medical industries but still, the image of coffee as a vice persists despite... 
by andrew | Sep 26, 2014 | featured, industry, quality |
The latest issue of Cafe Culture Magazine includes my article, “Coffee Cupping: The Good of Taste Subjectivity,” that looks that the shortcomings of traditional 100-point coffee cupping systems and urges the industry to be more inclusive with its... 
by andrew | Mar 25, 2014 | featured, industry, origin, quality, science, sustainability |
This morning I was interviewed for a cable network television show about climate change and more specifically about its connection to coffee leaf rust. It was a short piece and it’s hard to say how much of what we discussed will be aired but I found the... 
by andrew | Nov 20, 2013 | business, featured, industry, news, quality
I was quoted in an article this evening on Marketwatch.com about the phenomenal growth of the single-serve (capsules and pods) coffee market, led by Nespresso pods and Keurig K-Cups, which is now estimated to have tripled since 2011. Could it ever beat a freshly... 