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As the new crop coffees from the Parry Estate are ready to be shipped, I decided to visit the farm, look at the post harvest conditions and follow the loading of the first 400 bags being shipped to San Francisco in 2010. The quality this year has benefited immensely from the very dry period that […]
Playa Conchal in the Guanacaste region at the North Western tip of Costa Rica became the coffee industry epicenter this past weekend. Congratulations to Arnoldo Leiva, Sintercafe’s President, and his collaborators for an outstanding program and organization. The quality of the presentations was mostly excellent! Not to mention that the Playa Conchal Resort offered a […]
According to what I saw in a tour through the West Coast some weeks ago, the coffee market continues to re-invent itself into a better and more sophisticated business model. Although this summer showed a noticeable decline in orders and out of home consumption, inventories have started to move again and the orders for Fall […]
Finally the weather pattern returned to the normal dry conditions for the season, the whole Brazilian coffee Belt is under clear skies and very low humidity for at least 2 consecutive weeks now. Another 25% of the harvest has been collected since my last report back in July 29th. Now, approximately 70 – 75% of […]
Once again, it’s past mid July and another cold front from the South Pole is over the Brazilian coffee belt. If frost that threats to hit the coffee trees confirms, we have a problem for the next years to come. If not, we should be back to the supply comfort zone most players believe are […]
Good day coffee friends, Ipanema Coffees has just been awarded the Outstanding Producer Award by S.C.A.E.!!! The coffee harvest at the Ipanema Farms is now half-way through and this is a good time to inform about the quality and availability expectations. The normally dry harvest season in Brazil has not proven to be consistent this […]
Basically, the whole Brazilian coffee belt from Parana through Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Bahia coffees are being harvested, prepared and stored. Maybe, this early full harvest and continental sized activity is what made mainstream Brazilian coffees of the current crop so attractive in differential. Another reason may have been the Mild and […]
The Arabica coffee harvest has started in Brazil, at least at the Ipanema farm in the South of Minas Gerais. Mid May is indeed very early for the Brazilian harvest to begin. This is due to the weather pattern these last 8 months. Rains were abundant and constant from November/08 through late April 2009. Now […]
It’s late April, certified stocks are under 3.9 million bags, some coffees are in the supply pipelines, but most are in hands of producers or hanging on the trees very far from here. Consumption is steadily growing worldwide. Consumption growth is supported by ages teen through advanced in the consuming countries. Now the same happens […]
Dear Coffee friends, It’s Aloha time! The Parry Estate Kona Coffees are the best ever! The choice of ideal Guatemala Typica seeds, the planting method, soil structure, climates, altitude and harvesting procedures, have led to the ultimate highest quality coffee in Kona. The Parry Estate has also dedicated a lot of investments for the post-harvest […]
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 […]
