In the historic city of Hue in Central Vietnam stands a beacon of louver-wrapped coffee light that provides a home to three generations of a
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As the world got much smaller for most people in 2020, the role of coffee trading companies in connecting roasters to producers and their coffees
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You may have seen a few super dumb headlines over the past week smirking at “coffee snobs” who, as new research might be interpreted, are
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Throughout celebrated musician Kathleen Edwards‘ catalogue are sympathetic narrators teetering above vast emotional precipices, looking for soft landing spots or threatening to fly away altogether.
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In a previous episode, Coffee Economics with Karl explored the basic concepts of supply and demand, and price theory — i.e., the notion that supply
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Coffee Economics with Karl is back with a video that explores some fundamental concepts of economics, including supply and demand and price theory — i.e.
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Back in April, which in 2020 is about seven years ago, we shared the first video in a series about transparency in coffee supply chains.
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Among the most heinous seed-to-cup narratives ever perpetuated by the coffee industry is the story of kopi luwak. It was one that was famously repeated
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In the last episode of Coffee Economics with Karl, Colombian coffee trading company Cedro Alto Founder Karl Wienhold touched on the difficult subject of coffee
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Production cost at the farm level remains a controversial subject in the specialty coffee industry as it moves towards increased price transparency. On one hand,
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A major experiment in traceability and consumer behavior is underway as a J.M. Smucker brand is coming to market with bags of roasted coffee that
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In the last episode of Coffee Economics with Karl, host Karl Wienhold of the Colombian coffee trading company Cedro Alto explored how microlots often work
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What if paying a farmer double the commodity price for their single-farm microlots could actually leave them worse off than had they just sold everything
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As protests emerged in dozens of cities throughout the United States this weekend following the killing of George Floyd led by Minneapolis police officer Derek
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Can private certification standards truly bring about more sustainable production practices? This is the question at the center of Dr. Janina Grabs‘ forthcoming book, Selling Sustainability
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Among all of life’s essentials, few are more purely joyous than coffee. From the invigorating aroma of fresh grounds, through the meditative preparation process, to
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FOB, which stands for “free on board,” is a term that’s bandied about quite freely through these digital pages, often without definition. Yet for as
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It’s been a few weeks since we last checked in with Karl Wienhold of the Colombian green coffee trading company Cedro Alto about his series
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Over the past four days, dozens of coffee company owners have kindly replied to DCN’s call for honest feedback on their experiences navigating the loan
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In last week’s debut of a new video series on coffee economics, Karl Wienhold of the Colombian trading company Cedro Alto broke down some concepts
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