EUDR for Coffee Importers
The EUDR for coffee importers has a catch almost nobody explains properly. You’re not penalised for buying coffee from deforested land. You’re penalised for not being able to prove you didn’t. The burden of proof…
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EUDR for Coffee Farmers: What You Need to Know to Keep Selling to Europe
Your coffee might be excellent, your price might be right, and your usual buyer might want to keep working with you. Even so, you could still find yourself shut out of the European market simply…
Sustainability Talks, Coffee Fairs Stay Silent
Sustainability in the Coffee Industry: From Dream to Permanent Crisis The coffee industry has centuries of history, but the story of specialty coffee and its sustainability is much more recent. When Erna Knutsen coined the…
Sustainable Ethiopian Coffee: Starabica & Amanuel Abenet
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to talk and exchange ideas with Amanuel Abenet, founder of Starabica (based in UAE), a platform connecting Coffee Roasters/Importers with Ethiopian Coffee Exporters and Farmers, and also…
Ethiopian Coffee: Ancestral Heritage and Current Challenges
🌍 Ethiopia: The Birthplace of Coffee Ethiopian coffee, considered the origin of Arabica coffee, is facing a crisis… Amid the mists of Kaffa, where according to legend a shepherd discovered coffee centuries ago, a modern…
Coffee from Cauca and a Chance Encounter on the Train
By chance, last year I found myself sitting on a train from Barcelona to Madrid next to a guy who was brewing coffee with an Aeropress right there in his seat. It caught my attention,…
Decolonizing Coffee: An Ethical Bridge Between Spain and Latin America
Coffee, Decolonization, and the Future: The Conversation We Never Had I often wonder: what would happen if Spain embraced its role as the first global empire — not with nostalgia or shame, but with a…