Scientists have come upon two magic words capable of making consumers believe a plain old cup of coffee tastes better and should be more expensive: “eco-friendly.” In a series of experiments, researchers asked people to sample two identical cups of coffee brewed from the same batch of arabica beans using a “standard model coffee […]
Coffee fuels millions of people’s mornings, but like other fuels it also comes with its own unique environmental issues. Coffee is one of the globe’s largest agricultural commodities, with about 8bn kilograms (more than 16bn lbs) grown annually worldwide. That’s a lot of coffee – and a lot of leftover coffee grounds, most of which […]
Bill Bruce 2 Dec 2013 A new ‘Green Coffee’ CFP-PCR has been published, providing the first Product Category Rule for the calculation of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from green coffee production. The Green Coffee CFP-PCR rule was initiated by SAI Platform’s Coffee Working group members in collaboration with the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH). This is […]
Governor Brown signs the Gatto Bill (AB227) – A good first step in reasonable regulatory reform of California’s Proposition 65. In September of 2012 the Pacific Coast Coffee Association appointed a Task Force to address the issues of Prop 65, the California law that has prompted a lawsuit involving coffee companies that do business in […]
The volcanic ash spewed by Mount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra, disrupted a number of flights from Kuala Namu International Airport in Deli Serdang regency on Sunday. In Bandung, the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) increased the volcano’s status to “awas” (beware), the highest level of the four-level alert […]
For hundreds of years, coffee beans have made their way around the world in gunny sacks. Now the use of these burlap bags, small enough to be hoisted by one person and a symbol of coffee’s artisanal character, is giving way to the modern demands of global trade. IntercontinentalExchange Inc., ICE +2.52% home to the […]
THE Highlands Highway has been cut off at Daulo Pass again. Continuous rain in the region triggered another massive landslip at Daulo Pass on Monday night, cutting off the four highlands provinces. It blocked a mountain creek and created a dam which is threatening to burst, posing further risks to people down the valley and […]
Arabica coffee fell to the lowest in almost five years in New York on ample supplies from Brazil and Colombia, the biggest growers of the beans Brazil’s crop will be a record for a year in which trees enter the lower-yielding half of a two-year cycle, broker INTL FCStone Inc. (INTL) said in a report […]
HAVANA, Oct. 22– More than 5,000 students and volunteers will be mobilized to help with coffee harvest in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba’s main producing area, to catch up with the harvest schedule, the daily Juventud Rebelde reported Tuesday, quoting an official. Agricultural vice-delegate Manuel Arzuaga said that in the first two […]
Goldman Sachs Cuts Arabica Coffee Forecasts by 7.7% on Weather By Isis Almeida – Oct 18, 2013 3:23 AM PT Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its price forecasts for arabica coffee traded in New York by 7.7 percent, citing favorable weather and the biggest stockpiles of the variety favored by Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) […]