In Ethiopia, a Reputation for Quality
As coffees from Ethiopia arrive in the store — three washed and three natural — our head of content spoke with Bruck Fikru, general manager of [...]
Lightwave Coffee Roasters Is on a Journey
“I knew I wanted to be in the hospitality industry, I just wasn’t quite sure how,” says Joy Park, owner of Elabrew Coffee and Lightwave Coffee [...]
Volcafe Way Grows in Africa
“Profitability is good to chase, but hard to achieve,” Elizabeth Mbau said back in May, on a call from Costa Rica. In April, Mbau joined [...]
Guatemala La Morena Is Women’s Work
“I got in touch with the IWCA chapter here in Guatemala, called Mujeres en Café, and I started talking to Celeste Fumagalli, who was then [...]
Cupping Coffee Hybrids with World Coffee Reseach
By Jen Hurd World Coffee Research (WCR) recently hosted a lecture and tasting around its new F1 coffee hybrid varieties at the Buckman Coffee Factory in [...]
Fourth-Wave Coffee Will Break All the Barriers
Emily Smith spent several years as a quality-control manager for a large specialty roaster in Washington State before becoming an independent consultant to smaller roasters, [...]
In Costa Rica, It’s All About Quality
Riley Thomson is based in San Jose and, after years in the field as a farmer support technician, now oversees the Volcafe Way Farmer Support [...]
Women in Coffee: Tanzania Edition
When women are involved — particularly, when women are board members or are in leadership roles, and especially when there are at least three of them [...]
Frequently Asked Questions: Answered!
What is a box of green coffee? We sell green coffee in 65-lb, GrainPro-lined cardboard boxes with handles, to make green coffee easier to move, store and [...]
Coffee Questionnaire: Nairobi, Kenya
Dirk Sickmueller, general manager at Taylor Winch Coffee Ltd., GO's sister company in Nairobi, selected our incoming Kenyan coffees. We asked him what to expect, how the [...]
Coffee Questionnaire: Guatemala
For a week in February, Volcafe Way Farmer Support Organization (FSO) leaders from Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala traveled together, playing host and guest in [...]
Honduras Introduces Fresh Harvests of Guama Danta, Pacavita and Mata de Platano
“I find a bit of excitement in telling other people about my country, and letting them know what it is we do here and what [...]
From Mbeya to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania’s Coffees are Stories of Geography
Matthew Harrison has a background in agriculture. And while he’s spent extensive time in the coffee fields, he now lives in the coastal city of [...]
Encouraging Uganda’s Best Cup
Coffee is a real opportunity for farmers in Uganda, and with assistance from Volcafe Way Farmer Support Organizations, they’re producing some of the country’s best [...]