Origin & Trade Archives - Fresh Cup Magazine https://freshcup.com/category/origin-and-trade/ Coffee Industry Stories and Insights Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:32:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://freshcup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Untitled-512-×-512-px-2-32x32.png Origin & Trade Archives - Fresh Cup Magazine https://freshcup.com/category/origin-and-trade/ 32 32 223497660 Around the World, Coffee and Wildlife are Connected https://freshcup.com/around-the-world-coffee-and-wildlife-are-connected/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=37157 Coffee can sometimes be at odds with protecting wildlife and plant diversity—meet the folks preserving native flora and fauna in combination with coffee growing.

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]]> 37157 The Undying Popularity of Washed Coffees https://freshcup.com/the-undying-popularity-of-washed-coffees/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=37090 There are many ways to process coffee, and new techniques are constantly being tried and tested. Despite this, the popularity and demand for washed coffees remain strong.

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]]> 37090 Cultivating the Future of Coffee: The Crucial Need to Breed New Varieties https://freshcup.com/cultivating-the-future-of-coffee-the-crucial-need-to-breed-new-varieties/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=37038 Climate change has drastically impacted coffee yields, but innovations in coffee agriculture could be the industry's saving grace.

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]]> 37038 A New Chapter for Taza Presidencial, A Bolivian-Born Coffee Quality Competition https://freshcup.com/a-new-chapter-for-taza-presidencial-a-bolivian-born-coffee-quality-competition/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=36542 Quality-focused competitions have fueled coffee improvements in Bolivia. But when government funding ran out for Taza Presidencial, local coffee professionals made sure the competition stayed alive.

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]]> 36542 Direct Trade via Direct Message: How Instagram is Facilitating a New Kind of Coffee Connection https://freshcup.com/direct-trade-via-direct-message-how-instagram-is-facilitating-a-new-kind-of-coffee-connection/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=36458 One morning in 2022, I walked into work to find an envelope of green coffee samples from a source I wasn’t familiar with. My boss told me they came from a Costa Rican coffee farmer who contacted her via Instagram. Alejo Castro Kahle runs Volcan Azul, a company that includes three farms and a mill,…

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]]> 36458 A Look at the Future of Fine Robusta Through Vietnamese Specialty Coffee https://freshcup.com/a-look-at-the-future-of-fine-robusta-through-vietnamese-specialty-coffee/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=36248 For years, Robusta has gotten a bad rep, but people are beginning to reconsider its potential. Vietnam may already have the blueprint for the future of Robusta.

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]]> 36248 In India, Black Baza Champions Sustainability and Smallholder Farmers https://freshcup.com/in-india-black-baza-champions-sustainability-and-smallholder-farmers/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=35925 Black Baza Coffee aims to support smallholder coffee farmers pursuing biodiversity on their farms while guaranteeing them a fair price for their crops.

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]]> 35925 “You Begin With Soil”: How One Coffee Farmer Is Embracing Regenerative Agriculture https://freshcup.com/you-begin-with-soil-how-one-coffee-farmer-is-embracing-regenerative-agriculture/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=35611 Sustainable agriculture and regenerative systems can improve coffee today—and in the future.

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]]> 35611 Can Liberica Change The Way We Grow Coffee? https://freshcup.com/can-liberica-change-the-way-we-grow-coffee/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://freshcup.com/?p=34003 Once cultivated in the 19th century to battle coffee leaf rust, liberica, a nearly forgotten coffee species—and its new subvariety, excelsa—may be the answer to the looming threat of climate change.

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]]> 34003 Good Genes: Genetic Diversity And The Future of Coffee https://freshcup.com/coffee-genetics/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000 http://freshcup.com/?p=12705 How the industry is looking to genetic resource conservation to help preserve coffee.

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