by andrew | Nov 26, 2021 | agriculture, business, competitions, economic development, marketing, origin, policy, quality, science
Video presentations and materials below are from day two of the WIPO Regional Conference on Adding Value to Coffee Production with Intellectual Property, held November 11, 2021. Day one’s conference recordings can be found here. Ethical Coffee Certification:... 
by andrew | Nov 26, 2021 | agriculture, business, competitions, economic development, marketing, origin, policy, quality, science
Three hundred viewers joined the WIPO’s Regional Conference on Adding Value to Coffee Production with Intellectual Property on November 10 and 11. Participants heard about the value of geographical indications and intangibles in coffee; how to improve production... 
by andrew | Oct 31, 2021 | agriculture, economic development, events, industry, marketing, origin, women
Regional Conference on Adding Value to Coffee Production with Intellectual Property The World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO) is hosting its first Asia/Pacific virtual conference dedicated to coffee production on November 10th and 11th, 2021. The program is... 
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 | May 10, 2015 | health, marketing, oddities, quality
About three or four weeks ago I started receiving calls from journalists reporting on the latest fad plaguing the coffee industry, called “Bulletproof Coffee.” Promoters of the Bulletproof brand of lifestyle products claim that buying (I jest not)... 
by andrew | Mar 10, 2014 | business, industry, marketing
An article this morning in the Upstart Business Journal looks at the success of Joyride Coffee Distributors, a clever New York coffee delivery venture that delivers coffees from top specialty roasters like Blue Bottle, Counter Culture and Stumptown to your office. The... 