Coffee News Club: Week of June 30th
A new resource compiles global coffee sustainability projects. Plus, a project in Colombia aims to provide mental healthcare to women coffee farmers, and Uganda overtakes Ethiopia as Africa’s largest coffee exporter. ‘New Initiative Prioritises…
ICO Unveils Global Database of 400+ Coffee Sustainability Projects
The ICO's new Coffee Sustainability Support Database features 440 sustainability initiatives, more than 600 organizations, and 170-plus donors. It is all visible from a navigable world map that is filterable by country, donors, goals,…
Wrenches at the Ready: Coffee Techs Battle in New Competition
Nuova Simonelli created a competition for technicians to demonstrate their skills and showcase the profession as a whole.
Specialty Coffee Consumption Up 84% Since 2011, Says NCA Report
A new report shows an impressive rise in the popularity of specialty coffee: the number of people who drank specialty coffee in the last day had increased by 84% since 2011.
Coffee News Club: Week of June 23rd
Click to find out why everyone loves specialty coffee. Plus, a new coffee tech competition and groundbreaking research on coffee leaf rust.
Which Coffee Varieties Can Survive Leaf Rust? A New Study May Offer Answers
The study found that no single variety was entirely immune to CLR—even those explicitly bred to be resistant—but several exhibited “high resistance” across different countries.
What To Do When ICE Comes to Your Coffee Shop
The increase in dubiously legal ICE raids isn’t just a moral crisis—it’s also an urgent workplace safety issue. Now’s the time to create a plan for when ICE comes to your coffee shop.
Sip Late, Sleep Never: What Coffee Really Does to Your Brain at Night
Researchers investigated how caffeine affects the brain during sleep, discovering that it impairs essential brain functions crucial for restorative sleep.
Coffee News Club: Week of June 16th
Click to find out how coffee at night keeps you spiraling. That and more — here's the news for the week of June 16th.
Drone Software Sniffs Out Destructive Coffee Berry Borers
A team of scientists developed a software system that uses drones and advanced image processing to detect coffee berry borer infections.