Keeping Coffee Cheap by Exploiting Coffee Pickers
Colombia, one of the world’s biggest coffee producers, is facing a coffee crisis. This time, it’s not coffee rust or...
Politics of Coffee
The Real Story Behind Coffee Shortages and Price Spikes
I’ve spent years hearing roasters explain their price sheets by pointing to a single farm somewhere in Minas Gerais or...
What Is the International Coffee Agreement, and How Does It Affect What You Pay for Coffee?
I sat with a co-op manager in Guatemala years ago while he walked me through why the price he’d been...
How to Make Your Coffee Break Actually Environmentally Responsible
Quick verdict The environmental footprint of a daily coffee habit is larger than most people realize, but it is also...