After a week of plentiful rains over the Arabica plantations in Brazil’s South East, another cold/rain front is on the way for this weekend. The flowerings have opened in an intense manner and this will probably contribute to a very uniform maturation. Additional residual flowerings will follow to support the crop volume to be harvested […]
COOCACER has held with grandiose success its 4th green coffee Symposium with the presence of over 800 regional producers. The majority of the Cerrado Area potential 6 million bags producers attended to learn about Certification programs and market tendencies. 4 C’s, UTZ, RFA and Organic certification leaders made presentations within many other presenters. Christian Wolthers […]
Two flowerings have happened and a last one is expected within the next 10 days. Rains are now fundamental for the fixation, healthy fructification and productivity of the next 2015/2016 crop. It is still too early to count additional losses but we are getting very close to the “D” day when the plants start to […]
This week’s coffee visit was to Crete, the largest of the Greek islands and a most beautiful destination for mountain and beach hikers. My wife and I hiked over 25 miles up and down mountains, thru Gorges and along the Southern Libyan sea, We also Kayaked and Stand up Paddled more than 10 coast miles […]
Land of countless castles and fairy tales, Denmark is also home of multiple Barista World Champs, a whole nation of heavy coffee drinkers, the second highest consumption per capita in the world. While visiting some of the many famous coffee shops in Copenhagen, I ended up choosing this new Coffee Faucet concept shop “Top Brewer” […]
As mentioned/predicted in our last report, the first “Spring – like” rains hit the Arabica and Robusta coffee belts in Brazil during the mid to end of last week. The next 15 days show a drier pattern but there is at least one cold/rain front to hit the Arabica belt continuing Spring’s arrival in about […]
With 90% of this new harvest at home, the final figure of what the volume will be is still a controversial matter. Soon, probably within the month of September, official and non-official numbers will be released confirming a substantial reduction to the original forecasts. On the other hand, the rains should be returning by mid-September […]
The samples of the first Huila and Tolima Micro Lot Quality Competition held by MCCH have arrived! Please find below, the list by final score and placement by producer and Finca names. Each sample is available at our office and we can send samples and pricing by request only. Arrivals into USA ports will be […]
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My trip within the coffee heart of Colombia last week included the beautiful Valle del Cauca starting from the city of Cali. This was my first visit to this area and I was honored to be invited by FNC’s “Comite Departamental de Cafeteros del Valle Cauca” The Executive Director Mr. Hector Fabio Cuellar Lopez and […]
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 […]
