Publisher Kenneth R. Olson is headed to Colombia this weekend to conduct some research for an super interesting story we’re working on ”Ken’s been to Colombia a lot in the past: to cover the 2011 […]
Coffee prices (the C-market for Arabica) have hit a four five six seven year low. It’s trading today at just over $1.10 per pound for March 2014 delivery. In March 2011 it was trading at […]
The VIII National Barista Championship, held during Expoespeciales in Bogota, Colombia, took place Wednesday through Saturday, bringing an esteemed field of 35 of the nation’s top baristas together to compete for the title of Barista […]
Back at the end of May, Jeff Taylor of PT’s Coffee posted a blog about Finca Santa Maria, a farm he was going to be visiting. This farm had recently been taken over and destroyed […]
Jeff Taylor, who co-owns PT’s Coffee Co. in Kansas, was on a buying trip to Colombia last week with his wife, Maritza, when tragedy struck. As Jeff writes eloquently on PT’s blog, “Our Thursday flight […]
Ever since the World Barista Championship was held in Bogotá in 2011, the Colombian Coffee Federation has doubled, tripled, quadrupled its efforts to provide access to education for everyone along the chain, from producer to […]
RONAL HARVEY VALERO BALAGUERA BARISTA CHAMPION OF COLOMBIA Barista Mag: Before coffee, did you work in a different job or industry, or what did you study in school? Ronal: I studied to be a systems […]
History was made in 2011 in myriad ways: the site of the 2011 World Barista Championship was for the first time a producing country; and the guy who won the contest that is recognized […]
Stumptown Coffee Roasters, which is based here in Portland, Ore., is known for the stunning films it’s had created of source trips through Africa, Central and South America. Trevor Fife, who ”along with Autumn Campbell […]
I headed over to Sustainable Harvest, a coffee importing company based here in Portland, earlier today to take part in a cupping they were hosting. It’s part of an effort that they’re making to help […]
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