Mild Coffee Company, from The Netherlands, is our partner in this new Origin. They have their own Beneficio/Triliadora in Huila under the same name. MCC is specialized in Colombian mainstream preparations, select Specialty and Certified coffees from Huila and other surrounding areas. Wolthers America and MCC can now also offer shipments and arrivals of Colombia […]
As expected, the last cold front to threat the Brazilian Coffee Belt went through leaving no damages to the coffee plantations. Now, as the harvest in Brazil is 65% done, its soon time for evaluating the quality of the crop. The Cerrado zone will probably present its best quality in years as the weather has […]
Nucoffee and Wolthers America did the Arabica Coffee Belt these last 10 days, we learned a lot about the volume and qualities to come. Rains did affect the quality of about 10% on the 20% total volume harvested until July 4th. On the other hand, as the higher zones start the ideal maturation now in […]
Yes, Brazil’s modern economic miracle is not free from its local citizen and youth in-satisfaction and questioning! The current Confederations World Soccer Cup, Pope Francisco’s visit still this late June, the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup and Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Games in 2016 have suddenly turned against the Samba, Soccer and Flamboyant Brazilian party […]
Many small holders think that the rains will bring strong and sound new leaves and these will support a good flowering progressing into fruit and to a plentiful harvest starting November 2013. The fact is that in most cases, this will probably not happen and the loss of leaves followed by a very low or […]
As the Brazilian Harvest starts, we should now pay close attention to the weather over the Arabica coffee belt. 80% of the Brazilian Arabica beans grow in zones which are vulnerable to winter cold fronts that bring widespread rains and frost to the lower plantations. In Brazil’s Coffee Belt, frost happens at the lower areas […]
The big question this year is where to store the incoming 13/14 new crop which starts to be harvested this May and finishes by September/13? The numbers suggest a storage and logistic nightmare as Brazilian storage capacity, truck availability and road infra-structure are maxed out. Coffee producers avoid storing coffee in the farms due to […]
Boston will be the Specialty Coffee Mecca for a week! Enjoy our short video about sophisticated demand on high quality coffee and how to fight stress. Also see our Offer list with amazing Brazilian Micro Lots.
Christian Wolthers explains the Brazilian coffee preparations on this latest YouTube video: Make sure you visit our video gallery and our YouTube Channel for more videos!
I am now back from an 11 day trip through the main Guatemalan coffee producing areas. I travelled by car 2.100 km covering the North – South Cordillera. Of the areas visited, I covered Volcanic San Marcos near the Mexican border, Traditional Atitlan further South, Acatenango Valley, the Antigua Region then the Freijanes Plateau in […]
A Quick Update to The Coffee Scene
Dear coffee lovers, Quick update in the current coffee scene. The “C” market is going through a combination of factors that presents us an unusual yet periodical consequence of a high coffee prices. EUDR (which has now been postponed), low volume of spots in consuming countries, draught in Vietnam, lack of containers, logistics problem in […]
Ugandan Coffees Cupping Experience
Last week right after World of Coffee Copenhagen, I had the honour to cup among some powerful women in the Embassy of Uganda in Denmark. Ambassador H.E. Margaret M. Otteskov and Ambassador H.E. Signe Winding Albjerg together with UCDA-Uganda Coffee Development Authority, united the finest of Ugandan coffees in a very educational cupping experience. Interesting […]
