This is what the future of coffee might taste like

by Neil Palmer | Oct 26, 2016

This is what the future of coffee might taste like There have been lots of studies into the likely impacts of climate change on gourmet coffee, and the millions of smallholders that produce it. But a study released today is a bit different. As well as predicting the...

Climate change drives cropping shifts from coffee to cocoa in Central America

by Mark Lundy | Aug 26, 2016

As a researcher there are few moments more awkward than being corrected at a public event. At this years Specialty Coffee Association of America seminar series I experienced this first hand after presenting a slide showing the expected impact of climate change on...

What is behind a cup of fair trade coffee

by Martha Del Río | Dec 10, 2015

Traditionally, the Fairtrade certification system has been organized under a single global umbrella the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations, currently known as Fairtrade International. However in 2011, Fair Trade USA and Fairtrade International issued a joint statement...

Climate change: Arabica coffee faces a roasting

by Neil Palmer | Oct 27, 2015

Scientists pinpoint the world’s most vulnerable coffee zones New research gives fresh insights into which of the world’s arabica coffee-producing zones will bear the brunt of climate change. The biggest losers will be in hotter areas with long dry seasons, such as...

STORMING THE TASTE TEST: How Colombia’s micro-lots blur the line between coffee and pure dopamine

by Neil Palmer | Oct 8, 2015

STORMING THE TASTE TEST How Colombia's micro-lots blur the line between coffee and pure dopamine Pasto, capital of Nariño Department, southwesten Colombia. On the third floor of a hotel near Pasto’s central plaza, there was slurping. Lots of slurping. This was...