San Agustin Decaf
…are run solely by families, leading to more thorough and intensive management practices and great pride in the final product. Given that the residents of an area are usually all…
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…several times to complete the extraction stage, removing more than 97% of caffeine. This process creates a weight loss of around 3% of the weight of the green coffee; it…
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…the capital in search of better opportunities. Another tradition still very present in the Zapotec community in the area is the practice of Tequio (a word from the Nahuatl language…
Read MorePaying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 2
Part 2: Farmgate, FOB, EXW, and Beyond—Terms for Pricing and the Factors that Complicate Them When people in the coffee industry talk about green coffee pricing, they use a variety…
Read MoreTibed Yujra of Puno, Peru on Puno History & Launching An Association During Covid
…community. That’s why we entered Cup of Excellence. Delia’s coffee, our coffee, ended in 11th place. We hope to be able to compete again in the upcoming years and see…
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In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a sourcing company buy coffee, as well as how to…
Read MoreMartina García López
…year. Martina lives in the community of San Vicente Yogondoy, a lush, densely forested community in the Sierra Sur region of Oaxaca in the district of Pochutla. The steep slopes…
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