by andrew | Jul 5, 2015 | business, economy, industry, news, roasting, sustainability |
Last week’s interview with the New York Post was a quick one: J.M. Smucker, major producer of American grocery store retail coffee brands Millstone, Dunkin’ Donuts, Folgers and others announced a 6% price cut and smaller package sizes in order to attract...
by andrew | Aug 16, 2013 | business, roasting
Single Origin Roasters in Sydney, Australia have announced completion of upgrades to their coffee roastery in Botany that make them nearly-all (about 90%) solar powered. Read all about it and see more photos from SO’s blog. I’m uncertain if this is first...
by andrew | Feb 26, 2012 | hawaii, industry, quality, roasting
A bold experiment conducted by Hula Daddy Coffee has given credibility to the argument that the average quality of 100% Kona coffee is damaging Kona coffee’s brand integrity as much or more than Kona coffee blends. I’ve made similar arguments favoring...
by andrew | Dec 29, 2011 | associations, industry, retail, roasting
Some will look back at 2011 as the year of sweeping political change in the Middle East and Egypt, or as the year that a 9.0 earthquake killed at least 16,000 people and triggered a dangerous nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, or even as the year that the...
by andrew | Aug 20, 2011 | events, origin, roasting
Origin tours are important in the specialty coffee industry so that buyers can travel to growers’ estates and develop productive personal relationships, understand the foreign and complex inner workings of farms and local culture, as well as exchange information...
by andrew | Apr 17, 2011 | roasting |
You may have noticed that I have been acting more strange than usual for the past couple of years: sometimes secretive, making occasional large and unusual purchase inquiries without too much detail, taking urgent phone calls at late hours and of course leaving my...
