There is always something uniquely special about coffee reports, reviews or articles about coffee in and from Ethiopia, because after all, had it not been for the Ethiopians, at some…
The birthplace of Coffea Arabica, Ethiopia’s coffee has always had a unique place in the market. Specialty roasters will have at least one or two different coffees from regions such…
The spread of coffee throughout the world was started by the Ottoman Empire which was forced to leave 2 bags of coffee behind when in 1683 fleeing the Siegue of…
In honor of my visit this week to Ethiopia, the birthplace of Coffea Arabica, I am republishing a number of my special reports on this awesome country and its wonderful…
NEW SPECIAL SERIES: When it comes to coffee history, few countries are more fascinating than India. Long one of the five or six biggest coffee growers in the world, India…
The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is home to between 50 and 60 percent of all the coffee grown in Brazil in any given harvest cycle and countless farms and…
A true treasure from SpillingTheBeans’ rare coffee selection of beans from “the World’s tiniest coffee islands” this Sunday we present a Coffee of the Day from the remote islands of…
When it comes to coffee trading and futures prices in particular there is an impressive amount of hula-yoho-bogus manipulative information spread in and by the market and circulated for pure…
Up to as many as 1 million people were killed during the Rwanda genocide in 1994 and a majority of the killing took place in the tiny East African country’s…
*BREAKING: Extreme Cold Hits Brazil Coffee Regions With Frost Damage and EXTREME COLD TO continue 2 more days!! AUG 12-UPDATES: *NEW FROST damage was confirmed Mon morning even if not…