SpillingTheBeans’ founder Maja Wallengren was recently honored by being invited to discuss the socio-economic implications of the coffee rust disaster in Central America with the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue (IAD), one…
July 12 (SpillingTheBeans)–Two Mexican coffee farms from the country’s second largest coffee growing state of Veracruz took the top price in a tie with each lot of beans fetching $30.10…
Exclusive SpillingTheBeans’ Harvest Insight: Coffee production in Colombia is now firmly on track for a recovery to between 9 million and 9.2 million 60-kilogram bags. This figure will emerge as…
El crisis de la roya sigue gravemente afectando los cafeteros en América Central y mientras los precios cada día estan más debajo los costos de producción no hay mucho optimismo…
July 10 (SpillingTheBeans)–Investment and pension funds continue to hold net short positions near record highs worth 33,000 lots, or the equivalent of between 9.2 to 9.5 million 60-kilogram bags in…
Ramacafe Coffee Estates, Nicaragua – Photo by Henry Hueck, The coffee industries in Central America are facing the worst outbreak in history of the coffee crop pest leaf rust. The…
July 9 (SpillingTheBeans)–Robusta coffee futures at the London LIFFE futures exchange on Tuesday rallied to 1-month highs on fears the supply from the world’s largest robusta grower Vietnam is in…
JULY 12–September Arabica coffee prices crashed 4.10 cents on Friday to settle down at $1.1930 per pound at the ICE futures exchange in New York on Friday. The market continues…
Starting this week, stay tuned for the publication of my latest articles on coffee about the new 2013-14 crops in Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and Colombia, renovation in Ethiopia, origin reports…
MARKET INSIGHT: September Arabica coffee prices setttled up 2.40 cents at $1.2365/Lb on July 8th at the ICE exchange in New York. Monday trading was quiet after the long “July…