“Jasmine,” “kiwi,” “green apple,” and “banana” were just some of the flavors used to describe winning coffees at the first Taza Dorada Robusta (Robusta Golden Cup) national coffee competition that concluded this past...
Robusta has substantial potential that shouldn’t be ignored because of its market stigma as the less expensive coffee species of choice for soluble coffee production. Whether for its genetic diversity, disease- and pest-fighting resistance, potential as a second...
Congratulations goes out to Nishant Gurjer of Sethuraman Estates and coffee exporter Kaapi Royale Coffee for becoming the only producer of CQI certified Q Robusta coffee for a second consecutive year! Two new Robusta coffees from Sethuraman Estates have become the...
he March / April issue of Roast Magazine includes a thoughtfully-written feature by Neil Balkcom of Swings Coffee that discusses the R (Q Robusta) Coffee system, its purpose and impact of Fine Robusta on the specialty coffee marketplace. Neil eloquently summarizes the...
Last week I was surprised when my colleague Shawn Steiman pointed out that our mutual friend Miles Small of CoffeeTalk Magazine had published a scathing editorial commentary about the recent surge of interest in Fine Robusta coffee among specialty coffee roasters....
