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The Importance of Inefficiency and the Danger of Detail

  Specialty coffee is overwhelmingly inefficient. This inefficiency might be the one unilateral criterion that makes certain coffee special and … More

coffee, coffee roasting, growing coffee, small business, specialty coffee, sustainable coffee

Get Aspirational

At last month’s Rainforest Alliance gala reception I spoke briefly with Rainforest President Tensie Whelan for a few articles for … More

coffee, origin stories, Rainforest Alliance, sustainability, sustainable coffee, travel

The Lorax Takes His Coffee Iced

Maybe it’s because all the vegetation down here looks Seussical,  but I’m having a Loraxy moment. The reason I support … More

agroforestry, climate change, coffee, Colombia, Colombian coffee, global warming, kumbaya, origin, plant trees, sustainable coffee, The Lorax, When Coffee Speaks

Roya Problems

Right now, thousands of coffee growing families across Latin America are facing a crisis. The coffee leaf rust “la roya” … More

agriculture, coffee, coffee leaf rust, Colombia, Latin America roya outbreak, monoculture, organic, roya, sustainability, sustainable coffee, sustainable farming, When Coffee Speaks

Why It Would Be Really Hard to Kill Coffee

The climate might be changing, but coffee won’t go down without a fight. National Geographic put addicts on edge last … More

ASIC, Cenicafe, City Atlas, climate change, coffee, Colombia, New York coffee, NPR coffee week, sustainability, sustainable coffee, When Coffee Speaks

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