コロナ禍のいま、ロースターが知っておくべきこと／輸送への影響、コスト、物流の停滞 By Jodi Louws COVIDによる貨物輸送への影響は今もなお続いており、2021年は現状のところ2020年の同時期よりも深刻になるとみられています。 輸出遅れ、出荷時間延長、積み替え遅れ、コンテナ不足、労働力不足、コスト増加などが見こまれています。 2021年もコーヒーの輸入日程に引き続き影響が出ると予想されます。 ロースターの皆様へ...
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コーヒーの生産処理方法とその定義（フローチャート付き）
比較的単純な「フリーウォッシュト」や「ナチュラル」であっても、コーヒーの生産者が収穫したコーヒーを実際どのように加工し乾燥させているか、必ずしも正確に把握できているわけではありません。 コーヒーの発酵と加工法についての授業を控え、私は同僚のエヴァン・ギルマン Evan Gilman とともに「パルプトナチュラル」や「トリプルウォッシュ」といった言葉の意味を正確に分かりやすく伝えるための視覚化ツールを作成することにしました。
What Roasters Should Know about Ongoing COVID Freight Impacts, Costs, and Congestion
What Roasters Should Know about Ongoing COVID Freight Impacts, Costs, and Congestion By Jodi Louws COVID freight impacts continue, and even seem more severe at this time than they did in early 2020. We’re seeing export delays, longer shipment times and transshipment delays, container...
Coffee Processing Styles and Terminology (Plus Flowchart)
Editor's note: This article first appeared on Daily Coffee News on Dec. 10, 2020, and is republished here with permission. Coffee Processing Styles and Terminology (Plus Flowchart) Infographic by Evan Gilman, Words by Chris Kornman Led by zeitgeisty processing methods such as anaerobic...
Coffee Processing – A Flowchart
In anticipation of a class on fermentation and processing styles in coffee, I asked my colleague Evan to help me create a unique visualization tool to convey accurately and quickly what people mean when they say “pulped natural” or “triple washed,” for example. You’ll note the color-coded...
Bourbon’s Botanical Origins and the Evolution of Laurina
Editor's note: This article first ran in Roast Magazine's September/October 2020 issue, and is republished here with permission. Roast has generously provided a pdf of the article, which you can access here. Article Summary Bourbon coffee traces its global influence back to Réunion Island, where a...
Ethiopia: Coffee’s Heirloom
Publisher's note: check out our fresh crop Ethiopias. In December 2018, a small group of us drove the mercifully paved high route from Yirga Alem, in Sidama, to Shakiso, in Guji, arriving in the dark. Early the next morning on our way to the farms we stopped at a café for fatira, a flaky breakfast...
My Visit to Mayan Harvest
By Rosi Quiñones Coffee production has a legacy of inequality and abuse, so projects like Mayan Harvest that shake up the legacy power dynamics by rewarding the hard work of small scale farmers and giving women a platform to provide for themselves really excite me. When you empower a woman, you...
Guatemala: Hardship & Hope
Editor's note: This article was first published in Volume 74 of Coffee T&I Magazine in January 2020. It is reprinted here with permission, and you may download it in its original format here, courtesy the publisher. The only time I’ve ever actually sprinted through an airport to catch a...
Unpacking the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide
Editor's note: This article first ran on February 17, 2020 in Daily Coffee News; it is republished here with permission. The Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide released its latest and largest update just a few days before the end of 2019. The Guide itself is a continuously evolving compendium of...
Looking Towards the Future of Guatemalan Coffee
Editor's note: This article first ran in Daily Coffee News on January 14, 2020. It is reprinted here with permission. Guatemalan coffee has long held a place of honor among specialty coffee roasters. Regional names like Antigua, Cobán, and Huehuetenango are familiar to many, and are frequently...
Burundi: Passionate People and Exquisite Flavors
Editor's note: This article first ran in Coffee, Tea & I Magazine Vol 72 (Download a PDF here) and is reprinted with permission. Burundi: Passionate people and exquisite flavors The clay is red as bricks, stark against the lush greens of banana trees, tea leaves, and coffee plants. The colors...
Tana Toraja: Notes from Sulawesi, Indonesia
I recently returned from a trip to Sulawesi with the Consulate General of Indonesia, where we visited coffee production areas and gained further understanding of the supply chain and current issues facing coffee producers. Read on to learn more about this unique production area in Indonesia, and...
Are Low Prices Fueling Displacement? A Closer Look at Coffee and Emigration
Editor's note: This article first ran on October 8, 2019 in Daily Coffee News. It is republished here with permission. Are Low Prices Fueling Displacement? A Closer Look at Coffee and Emigration If farmers can’t — at minimum — break even with their costs of production, they will very likely...
Coffee Leaf Rust: Past, Present and Future in the Fight Against Fungus – Part 2 of 2
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in Roast Magazine's July/August 2019 issue, and is reprinted here with permission. You can view the original piece in a free online preview here and download a pdf of the article, courtesy Roast Magazine. Coffee Leaf Rust: Past, Present and Future in the...