Origin & Trade

Venezuela was once a major player in the coffee industry, and now dozens of roasters, growers, and baristas are working together to revive the country's coffee industry.

Coffee can sometimes be at odds with protecting wildlife and plant diversity—meet the folks preserving native flora and fauna in combination with coffee growing.

There are many ways to process coffee, and new techniques are constantly being tried and tested. Despite this, the popularity and demand for washed coffees remain strong.

Climate change has drastically impacted coffee yields, but innovations in coffee agriculture could be the industry's saving grace.

Quality-focused competitions have fueled coffee improvements in Bolivia. But when government funding ran out for Taza Presidencial, local coffee professionals made sure the competition stayed alive.

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…

For years, Robusta has gotten a bad rep, but people are beginning to reconsider its potential. Vietnam may already have the blueprint for the future of Robusta.

Black Baza Coffee aims to support smallholder coffee farmers pursuing biodiversity on their farms while guaranteeing them a fair price for their crops.

Sustainable agriculture and regenerative systems can improve coffee today—and in the future.

Once cultivated in the 19th century to battle coffee leaf rust, liberica, a nearly forgotten coffee species—and its new subvariety, excelsa—may be the answer to the looming threat of climate change.