Direct Trade via Direct Message: How Instagram is Facilitating a New Kind of Coffee Connection

One morning in 2022, I walked into work to find an envelope of green coffee samples from a source I wasn’t familiar with. My boss told me they came from a Costa Rican coffee…
by Fionn Pooler | August 30, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of August 28th

Concrete, capsules, and coffee plant mysteries — here's all the coffee news you need for the week of August 28th, 2023.
by Fionn Pooler | August 28, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of August 21st

Coffee and music make you think! Plus, reopened coffee markets in Kenya and Cornell passes on Starbucks contract. Here's the news for the week of August 21st.
by Fionn Pooler | August 21, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of August 14th

Hard coffee is back! Plus naturally-processed coffees are changing the C-market. Here's the coffee news for the week of August 14th.
by Fionn Pooler | August 14, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of August 7th

Kenya's coffee sector is in chaos, Lavazza isn't happy with the EU's deforestation law, and how to find a €1 espresso in Paris.
by Fionn Pooler | August 7, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of July 31st

Yemeni coffee, how deforestation laws will impact farmers, and an unsuccessful decertification campaign—coffee news for the week of July 31.
by Fionn Pooler | July 31, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of July 24th

More unions, more private equity — here's all the coffee news you need to know for the week of July 24th.
by Fionn Pooler | July 24, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of July 17th

No more flat whites? Inflation, new markets, and say goodbye to wasps. Here's all the coffee news you need for the week of July 17th!
by Fionn Pooler | July 17, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of July 10th

Marmalade sandwiches, a frozen Fair Trade price, and a lethal dose of coffee—here's news from the coffee world for the week of July 10th.
by Fionn Pooler | July 10, 2023

Coffee News Club: Week of July 3rd

Sometimes, the experience of drinking coffee is worth more than the caffeine. This and more coffee news for the week of July 3rd.
by Fionn Pooler | July 3, 2023