Coffee production and exports in Uganda are each estimated to increase by approximately 4% this market year (2023/24), largely due to favorable weather and the maturation of coffee trees planted…
Month: May 2023
USAID Launches $8.2 Million Indonesia Coffee and Cacao Agroforestry Project
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is leading a new $8.2 million project designed to improve environmental sustainability, climate resiliency and market access among coffee and cocoa/cacao farmers…
Taiwan-Based Mx. Cool Comes in Hot with Aries Grinder and Katze Scale
With its first two products, the Aries grinder and Katze scale, a new Taiwan-based equipment company called Mx. Cool is hoping to make quality espresso preparation a breeze. Introducing some…
Peru Coffee Report: Production Rebounds; EU Regulation Concerns Farmers
Coffee production in Peru is expected to increase by approximately 16 percent in the 2023/24 crop year due to higher international green coffee prices, although production remains hampered by numerous…
Local Coffee Company Owner Enjoys Sports League Success
This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. Jimmy Butler of Big Face Coffee can also play basketball.
El Niño To Impact Robusta And Arabica Production Differently
This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. The weather phenomenon is expected to be particularly rough on robusta.
Maya Crowley: The Sprudge Twenty Interview
This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. An interview with 2023 Sprudge Twenty inductee Maya Crowley.
A Closer Look at the Timemore Grinder Line that Fetched Nearly $5 Million on Kickstarter
Singapore-based consumer coffee equipment company Timemore raised nearly US$5 million in a recent Kickstarter campaign to support a new line of flat-burr electric coffee grinders called Sculptor. The staggering sum…
Survey: Coffee Farmers and Consumers Have Different Perspectives on Sustainability
For decades, the coffee industry has been propped up as an example of sector-wide sustainability, with many actors throughout the coffee chain using similar strategies and language to define and…
Handheld Auto-Tamper BOSeTamper Makes an Impression
Startup Radik Labs has kicked off retail sales of its flagship handheld auto tamper, the BOSeTamper. The name, a portmanteau of Boston Electronic Tamper, is pronounced “Boss E-Tamper.” Available in…