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…
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…
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,…
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…
From Banana to Espresso: How Colonialism Gets Recycled in Your Cup In 1954, the United Fruit Company funded a coup d’état in Guatemala to protect its banana business interests. Today, companies like Starbucks and “ethical”…
From Purpose-Driven Coffee to Specialty Hypocrisy: My Chronicle as a Former Barista
At A Coffee & A Story, we are passionate about the world of coffee — not just as a drink, but as a window into stories, cultures, and human connections. But today we want to…
