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If Your Coffee's Going Downhill, Blame Climate Change

Coffee leader Brazil is turning to stronger and more bitter robusta beans, which are hardier in the heat than the delicate arabica, in a sign of how climat...

Frost And Freight Costs To Push Retail Coffee Prices Up

The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by COVID-19 causing massive shipping logjams are expec...

Coffee Prices Surge Amid Unusual Cold Weather In Brazil

Arabica coffee prices rose 10% more on Monday, after jumping nearly 20% last week, to their highest in nearly seven years as unusual cold weather threatens...

Ivory Coast Says Chocolate Traders Failing To Pay LID

Major chocolate traders in Ivory Coast are failing to pay a $400-per-tonne premium on beans aimed at curbing farmer poverty, the country's cocoa regulator...

Nespresso Invests €146.8m To Expand Swiss Production Hub

Nespresso has commenced the expansion of its production centre in Romont, Switzerland. The investment of CHF160 million (€146.8 million)...

Brazil Coffee Farmers Renegotiate Sales Contracts As Deficit Looms

Coffee farmers in top producer Brazil are trying to renegotiate their sales contracts with exporters and traders at higher prices, sparking industry fear o...

Suez Blockage Puts Supply Constraints On Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Coffee

Last month's blockage of Egypt's Suez Canal has led to supply constraints for some Rainforest Alliance- and UTZ-certified coffee brands, a leading manufact...

A Rediscovered Forgotten Species Brews Promise For Coffee's Future

In dense tropical forests in Sierra Leone, scientists have rediscovered a coffee species not seen in the wild in decades - a plant they say may help secure...