The Cost Conundrum – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
ANDREA ESTRELLA, STEVE BOUCHER, and CHRISTOPH SAENGER share results of a recent research collaboration between the University of Muenster’s TRANSSUSTAIN research project, University of California Davis, and the International Coffee Organization that could help build an ongoing benchmark for farmer profitability. One of the reasons why a benchmark for farmer profitability doesn’t yet exist is...
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Origins
Beyond the Stereotype – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
But, says JONAS LEME FERRARESSO, there’s more to the country than high volumes and cutting-edge crop technology – Brazil’s coffee crop has undergone enormous changes and many challenges over the past century-and-a-half. It’s not just that Brazil has held the title of the highest coffee producing country for so long that makes some associate “Brazil”...
Sustainability
Den Komplex kartieren: Eine Karte des globalen Kaffeesektors – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
JENN RUGOLO untersucht gemeinsam mit KIM ELENA IONESCU, Chief Sustainability Officer der SCA, einen Teil des Berichts, eine Karte des globalen Kaffeesektors. Jenn Rugolo (JR): Der kommende Bericht der PCR baut auf einem partizipativem Forschungsprozess auf, der dafür sorgen sollte, dass die Stakeholder - Mitglieder der Kaffee-Community - das Forschungsagenda in mehreren persönlichen Workshops und...
Insight
The Fallacies of “Youth”: Finding New Solutions for Young People in Coffee Growing Communities – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
JOANNA FURGIUELE asks: Do we really understand why young people are leaving coffee, or are we making damaging assumptions that keep us from finding real solutions? In Latin America, 20 percent of the region’s total population is between 15 and 24, the largest proportion of young people ever in the region’s history.[1] Across Africa, there...
SCA Podcast
#86 | Elucidating the Bitter Taste of Coffee | Expo Lectures 2019
This podcast is brought to you with the support of Coffee shows an appealing bitterness when properly roasted and prepared. But how do the compounds that make coffee taste bitter develop during roasting and how do you analyze and identify them? What lessons can be learned from academic research on coffee roasting to make coffee...
Destinations
From Road to Cup: A Glimpse into Philippine Coffee – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
The metropolitan capital of Manila is a city whose growing fascination with specialty coffee seems to closely rival its obsession with karaoke ballads — that’s saying a lot, considering old school love songs are the norm on even the most rickety jeepney ride. Since the coffee rust invasion of 1889, the Philippines has largely remained...
Farmworkers
Together Is Better: Providing a More Equitable Return to Farming Communities
MIGUEL ZAMORA asks: How can the coffee industry provide a more equitable return? Through work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the specialty coffee sector has made tangible progress in some areas – but so much remains to be achieved when it comes to having sustainable livelihoods in coffee communities. Labor and human rights issues are far...
