· While there was a decrease in 2019/20, the 2018/19 coffee year saw the country’s production volumes grow by 3.4% to a total of 2.9 million 60kg bags. William Ortiz is Caravela Coffee’s Country Manager for Nicaragua. He says that the average Nicaraguan coffee farm is roughly 5 hectares in size.
· This is a Vietnamese dripper that has similarities to both the French press and a standard pour over filter coffee dripper. Unlike most other drippers, the phin consists of a perforated metal filter (that sits over the drinking vessel), a brewing chamber, an insert that fits over the chamber to tamp the grounds down, and a cap that stores the heat.
· Also known as texture or mouthfeel, an espresso’s body can be light and airy, almost like a tea, or dense and heavy, like warm honey. An espresso’s body can vary massively; it might be oily, creamy, juicy, or syrupy. “If you want a [lighter] body, go for beans with a more floral flavour, like [a washed] Ethiopian coffee from Yirgacheffe …
· A history & guide to fluid bed roasters. The technology for fluid bed roasters has been around since the early 1970s. In the 1960s, chemical engineer Michael Sivetz realised after working in a polyurethane plant that he could adapt a process used for drying magnesium pellets to roast coffee, thus inventing fluid bed roasting.
· If you want to toss coffee into your lye solution but don’t want it to be exfoliating, you can use instant coffee. You can also simply add coffee grounds into your base oils, or mix it into traced soap. Add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon per pound of oils, depending on how scratchy you want it. Some notes: Coffee + lye = stinky lye solution!
· The coffee industry is huge. In August 2020, the ICO reported that approximately 10.4 million 60kg bags of coffee had been exported in the 2019/20 production year. It also reports that some 60% of the world’s coffee production comes from smallholder producers, which together represent some 12 million coffee farmers worldwide.
· Coffee, health & wellness: Exploring “the original superfood”. From doctors and medical experts to nutritionists and sports coaches, the health benefits of coffee have been well-documented over the years by medical and healthcare professionals. Over the years, research has highlighted how the high antioxidant content of coffee can improve …
· A surge in at-home coffee consumption through 2020 has partially covered the drop in OOH consumption. Customers are still getting their caffeine fix, whether they’re brewing at home or grabbing takeaway coffee from their local café. Thankfully, while the pandemic isn’t over yet, the end is in sight. As of March 2021, more than 475 million …
· In recent years, coffee auctions have started to go virtual. Online auctions have been held since 1999, and have continued to grow for the past 20 years. Today, many of the most prominent auctions in the coffee sector, including Cup of Excellence (CoE) and Best of Panama (BOP), have a notable online presence.
· Coffee as a single product category is generally accepted as being fairly price inelastic in high-income consuming markets. A 2005 paper by Dick Durevall shows that even as coffee has become more expensive over time, its demand has not decreased in a significant or relevant way. There is less information available about price elasticity of …