https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/coffee-beans/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:51:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/15/prominent-coffee-groups-call-for-immediate-interventions-as-eudr-looms/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:11:24 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181817 Prominent coffee-focused nonprofits and trade organizations recently issued separate calls to European leaders to take immediate action regarding the new EU deforestation-free supply chain law (EUDR). In a public statement...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/15/best-of-panama-shatters-price-records-with-627-per-pound-average/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:02:01 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181833 Last week’s Best of Panama green coffee auction shattered numerous price records, including a total auction value of more than US$1.38 million and a weighted average price of $627.27 per...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/14/support-a-pioneering-drc-cooperative-affected-by-rebel-conflict/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:30:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181806 Coffee organizations are banding together to help coffee farmers who have been internally displaced by a recent uptick in civil conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Escalating...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/09/world-coffee-research-names-private-partners-for-six-year-f1-hybrid-variety-trial/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:56:01 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181395 The nonprofit World Coffee Research (WCR) announced the launch of a “pre-commercial trial phase” of new F1 hybrid arabica coffee varieties that have demonstrated potential for high quality, high productivity,...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/08/coffee-trading-conglomerate-nkg-opening-first-china-business/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:50:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181701 Green coffee trading conglomerate Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is opening its first trading business in China, responding to a consumer market that has rapidly expanded over the past decade. In...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/07/energy-trader-hartree-plans-to-acquire-the-owner-of-volcafe/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:50:43 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181667 New York City-based energy and commodities trading firm Hartree Partners LP announced plans to acquire ED&F Man Commodities, the owner of green coffee trading giant Volcafe. The acquisition includes ED&F...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/05/two-webinars-on-the-new-usda-organic-rules-coming-soon/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:16:58 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181563 Firedancer Coffee Consultants and organics certification consultancy Wolf & Associates are teaming up to launch two free webinars addressing the sweeping new USDA Organic certification rule, known as Strengthening Organic...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/30/farms-small-and-big-shine-at-15th-hawaii-statewide-cupping-competition/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:23:40 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181399 The Hawaii Coffee Association‘s 15th statewide cupping competition drew 51% more participation this year, resulting in a broad range of small-lot and big-lot coffees earning high quality scores. The competition...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/29/listen-up-girlsplaining-is-growing-coming-to-bolivia-peru-and-us/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:04:40 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181374 The grassroots coffee community-building and education group Girlsplaining (Instagram) is expanding with more events in more countries, amplifying the voices of professional women in coffee. Created initially by Ecuadorian coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/26/researchers-explore-high-elevation-robusta-as-arabica-replacement/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:34:00 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181352 The results of a five-year multi-location field trial in Brazil suggest that robusta grown at high elevations might be a suitable replacement for arabica, which is facing existential threats on...]]>