The price of coffee shot up in 2025 to more than $4 a pound on international markets for standard coffee and higher for the best grades such as coffee from the Eje Cafetero in Colombia. This was a supply versus demand effect prompted by a severe drought in Brazil, the country that produces the most […]
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The other day we ran across an item in the news about Gesha coffee from Panama. At a recent auction green Gesha coffee beans in Panama went for $13,000 per pound. This is at a time when historically high coffee prices on the NYMEX are flirting with $4 a pound! We know that Gesha is […]
Read More...If you ask this question of a coffee grower in any country in the world you will likely be told that their country grows the best coffee. Since we cannot go that route to get an answer to our question, how do we proceed? As a rule Arabica coffee has superior flavor and aroma when […]
Read More...Colombia grows great coffee. Its production is virtually all arabica coffee. Colombian coffee commands a price generally higher than the world coffee market price because of its quality. This great quality comes from coffee being grown in rich volcanic soil by families that have been in the coffee farming business for generations. However, Colombians have […]
Read More...But you need to drink enough coffee to make a difference without going overboard and avoid drinking too much and experiencing problems related to too much coffee.
Read More...Along the way the degree and quality of roasting comes into play. Very often the basic question is whether it is the roast of the coffee that is bad.
Read More...Thus coffee is generally grown at around three thousand feet but can also be grown at much higher altitudes such as in Ethiopia, Colombia, Bolivia, or Honduras, where coffee is grown as high as 7,000 feet above sea level and occasionally even higher.
Read More...How long do coffee taste and aroma last? It depends on if you are talking about green coffee beans, roasted whole bean coffee, or roasted and ground coffee.
Read More...Another route will be to look at coffee varieties that are not now commercially dominant but have flavor and aroma characteristics of arabica along with robusta’s hardiness. One of these is Stenophylla. So, is robusta or Stenophylla the future of coffee?
Read More...So, is it dark roast or burnt coffee that you are buying at the supermarket? If you like a darker roast but also good coffee, what do you look for?
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