SPECIAL REPORT: As Economy Improves, Ethiopia’s Coffee Consumption Surges
In honor of my visit later this month to Ethiopia, the birthplace of Coffea Arabica, I am republishing a number of my special reports on this awesome country and its…
SPECIAL REPORT: Guatemala Continues To Produce Quality Coffee Despite Rust Challenge
One of the largest coffee producers in Central America, Guatemala first started making a name for its coffees in the early 1990s. Since then the country has continued to grow…
SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopia’s Gift To The World, Coffee Production Is Growing Again
In honor of SpillingTheBeans’ visit this week to Ethiopia I am republishing a number of my special reports on this awesome coffee country. Amesege’nallo Ethiopia for bringing coffee to the…
HARVEST ANALYSIS: Vietnam’s 2015-16 Coffee Harvest Size Cut Short By Old Coffee Trees
The new coffee harvest in Vietnam, the world’s second largest grower and exporter, is unlikely to meet market expectations for a bumper crop. In November 2015 SpillingTheBeans visited Vietnam to…
SPECIAL REPORT: Kaffe Holder Din Krop Ung — Coffee Keeps Your Body Young
The Christmas present for all of us Coffee Lovers, scientists in Sweden have found that drinking coffee keeps your body young! The article here is in Danish, but if anyone…
Zambia’s Government Says Coffee Expansion Project Yields Promising Result
–Newly planted coffee farm in the Northern Province (c) photo courtesy of Daily Mail Zambia FEB 15, 2018 (SpillingTheBean)–Coffee production in the southern African nation of Zambia is on the…
ORIGIN FOCUS: THE PHILIPPINES – In Search Of The Liberica Coffee Bean
In the world of coffee, there are few producing countries as surprising as The Philippines! One of the world’s oldest coffee growing nations The Philippines can track cultivation back to…
SPECIAL REPORT: Costa Rica’s Proud Tradition Of Quality Coffee
A proud coffee producing nation since more than 200 years, Costa Rica’s coffee growers cherish their century-long dedication to quality from seed to cup. The last 15 years of crisis…
SPECIAL REPORT: Laos Continues To Expand Arabica Coffee Production
One of SpillingTheBeans’ very first coffee origins to visit was tiny Indochina producer Laos, all the way back in 1995 when information was extremely limited and even the use of…