Green Coffee

Insights from the #AgriTech International Agricultural Exhibition 2023 in Qatar

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the #AgriTech Coffee Farmers Meeting in Qatar. It was a great event where coffee farmers from different parts of the world came together to discuss their experiences, share knowledge, and explore new technologies that can help them grow their businesses. Here are some of the key insights I gained from the event. Climate change is a major challenge for coffee farmers. One of the main challenges that coffee farmers face today is climate change. …

Agriculture

A Guide to Common Coffee Pests & Diseases

Pests and diseases can ruin your coffee crop. An infestation or outbreak that is badly handled can mean financial hardship or even devastation. But do you know which pests and diseases are the greatest threats? And how do you identify them? Let’s take a look at coffee pests and diseases to better understand what they are and how to handle them. source: pexels.com WHAT CAUSES DISEASES & ATTRACTS PESTS Like any crop, the coffee plant is vulnerable to pests and diseases. A 2012 report by Fabienne …

Arabica

5 Tips for Brewing the Perfect Cup of Coffee

If you're a coffee lover like me, you know that there's nothing quite like a perfect cup of coffee to start your day off right. But if you're not a barista, you may not know all the tricks of the trade for brewing the perfect cup. Here are five tips to help you make the most of your coffee beans and brew a delicious cup every time: 1.Start with fresh, high-quality beans. Good coffee starts with good beans, so it's worth …

Agriculture

A Guide to Growing Healthy Coffee Trees

Your coffee crop can only be as good as your coffee trees – but growing strong, healthy, and productive plants means paying attention to several critical variables. Whether you’re a producer looking to improve the quality and quantity of your cherries, or a roaster/coffee buyer working with producers, it’s important that you know these. These are some practices recommended by Fernando Farfan, an agronomist with the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation’s research centre Cenicafé, Read and discover. LOCATION & CLIMATE Fernando's first concern is …

Agriculture

Coffee Processing-Wet Processing

Coffee is generally wet processed throughout the country. This is largely thanks to modern efforts to invest time, effort, and resources into developing communal washing stations for the countless micro-crops of coffee cherries that require processing each year. In this video you can check our washing station (gmac) and how it is done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56FvySZwBKk The numerous small farms involved in the business cannot create large, individual washing stations like the great coffee estates throughout the world do. This is because most farmers only grow coffee …

Agriculture

Rwanda Coffee Growing: Everything You Need To Know

At first glance, those Rwanda coffee beans on that shop counter might look like just another bag ‘a beans with a missing vowel in its name. But the history of the Rwandan coffee industry, both tragic and epic, has not only kept coffee production from the Land of a Thousand Hills alive – it’s transformed it into one of the most sought-after coffees in the modern world. A Brief History Of Rwandan Coffee The tiny, landlocked East African nation of Rwanda is nestled in the …