Non-profit organisation, The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), has expanded its work to improve the quality of coffee worldwide by introducing three new Q certification marks. This release includes a new mark for Q Certified Arabica along with the launch of two completely new marks, Q Certified Robusta and Q Certified Blend. The CQI’s Q Certification […]
LIMA, Peru–Peru’s government is struggling to calm angry coffee growers who are demanding more aid to combat the roya disease, a plant-eating fungus that has affected crops in various Latin American nations. Government officials have forecast that the roya disease will lead to a decline of at least 25% in Peru’s coffee output this year. […]
Guanacaste coffee producers could suffer losses of at least 30% of their crops, according to the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (ICAFE) and, although there are no effects yet on the price of coffee, it could increase at the beginning of 2014. The worst impact would happen in the next harvest (2013-2014), since, according to Wilberth […]
12 Aug 2013 16:26 EDT DJ By Ryan Dube LIMA, Peru–Peru’s coffee output likely will fall at least 25% this year because of an outbreak of the roya disease, Agriculture Minister Milton Von Hesse said Monday. The outbreak of roya, a plant-eating fungus that has affected crops in other Latin American countries, has caused concern […]
The Best of Both Buzzes: Fermented Coffee Drink Scientists have created a new alcohol derived from used coffee grinds, giving drinkers yet another reason to get behind the recycling movement Amy Eckert / The Image Bank / Getty Images If you morning coffee isn’t giving you enough of a buzz, perhaps this new coffee-based alcohol […]
A paper published in 1984 about the then recent outbreaks of Leaf Rust in Latin America – http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAAR751.pdf
By Emiko Terazono For Brazilian coffee drinkers, their morning cafezinho may be tasting a bit smoother these days. With the fall in the price of the high quality bean arabica relative to its lower quality counterpart robusta, the South American country’s coffee roasters are increasing the amount of arabica in their blends for the first […]
LIMA, Peru–Peru’s government on Tuesday extended a state of emergency aimed at helping coffee growers deal with a plant-eating fungus that has affected about a quarter of the nation’s production. The state of emergency was extended for 60 days in 11 coffee-growing regions, including Cusco, Junin and San Martin. A supreme decree published on Tuesday […]
By Agrimoney.com – Published 09/07/2013 The International Coffee Organization warned of a long-term hangover on coffee markets from the tumble in prices as it urged government to support growers facing extreme hardship as values fall below costs of production. The ICO, an intergovernmental group, said that the fall in coffee futures, which for arabica beans […]