MARKET INSIGHT: Coffee Was King Of Commodities In 2014
Nov. 6, 2021 (SpillingTheBeans)–Coffee prices are in uncharted waters and entering yet another round of crazy rally and panic buying at the ICE futures exchange in New York with prices…
SPECIAL REPORT: Ethiopia Targets Spot As World’s Nr 3 in Coffee as Horizon Expansion Grows
In honor of my visit nex week to Ethiopia, the birthplace of Coffea Arabica, I am republishing a number of my special reports on this awesome country and its wonderful…
Coffee of The Day: Boon’s “Fruity & Wild” Stunning Ethiopia Blend of Harar, Sidamo and Kaffa Beans
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…
Coffee of The Day: Mexico Chiapas Café La Selva Peaberry
My coffee today is one of my all-time favorites from Mexico; Café La Selva’s incredible Peaberry blend from La Candona rainforest in Southern Chiapas State. Full bodied, medium to high…
FASCINATING FACT – What Country Is The Oldest Coffee Producer in The New World?
Arabica coffee was first discovered growing in the wild in southwestern Ethiopia somewhere between the 8th and the 12th Century and by the 14th Century coffee was known to be…
Coffee of The Day: Estate Blend AA “Super-Coffee” From Tiny Zimbabwe
About 20 years ago when I was first starting to write about coffee I came across a magazine article that spoke of the “Super Coffee” from Zimbabwe. It was between…
MARKET ANALYSIS: The Uncomfortable Truth For The Coffee Market After 25 Years Of Stagnated Production
The world of coffee is in crisis with over 70 percent of the land cultivated with coffee worldwide currently being in a state of partial or complete abandonment because of…
FASCINATING FACT – How Many Countries Across The World Grow Coffee?
International statistics only recognize a little over 60 coffee growing countries in the world but independent research by SpillingTheBeans has found that the world is in fact home to no…
EXCLUSIVE: LIVE From Brazil: “Black Frost” Hits 65% of Coffee Crop Area
Brazil and world faces minimum 10-12 million bag loss in 2022 harvest Travelling over 2,500 kilometers overland through Brazil’s frost damaged coffee fields the utter devastation is so compounding to…
ON-THE-GROUND: Brazil Frost Damage Worsens; Global Coffee Supply Challenges Loom Until 2025
As SpillingTheBeans aka the “Indiana Jones of Coffee” is flying into Brazil for an 8-day intense field trip to survey frost damage to farms and producing regions across 65 percent…