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Coffee wars: what, where and how?

Why will coffee become more and more a luxury?

There's just not enough coffee in the world. This is what many analysts and market professionals say. While demand for coffee continues to exceed supply in the global market, its value cannot decline....

Jan 7, 2025 Про нас

Who is George Howell and how did he influence the development of the specialty industry?

George Howell is one of the most prominent American entrepreneurs. He is the co-founder of the world-famous Cup of Excellence coffee competition and exhibition, the inventor of the Frappuccino drink, ...

Dec 27, 2024 Our blog

Differences between direct trade and regular mass coffee commerce, fair trade and other "labels"

In one of the previous articles on the topic “What is direct trade in the world of coffee”, we explained what the “direct trade” scheme is. Let’s briefly repeat: it is a way of buying high-quality spe...

Dec 26, 2024 Our blog

What is direct trade in the world of coffee?

The term “Direct trade” originated with the “third wave” of coffee, which we have already written about. This is a wave of development of the world coffee market, which brought with it coffee of spech...

Dec 26, 2024 Our blog

What international competitions are organized under the leadership of SCA?

The Specialty Coffee Organization (SCA) organizes 7 types of annual competitions under its auspices, which we will discuss in this article. They are all aimed at popularizing specialty coffee in the w...

Dec 24, 2024 Про нас

Differences between SCA and ICO organizations

In the coffee world, there are two organizations that have the most influence on the coffee industry: the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). When you r...

Dec 24, 2024 Про нас

Explaining the 3 Waves of Coffee Market Development. Part 2

The second wave of coffee market development The second wave is associated with large coffee chain brands that began to develop in Western countries (and then spread around the world). These retail ch...

Dec 12, 2024 Our blog

Explaining the 3 waves of coffee market development. Part 1

In this two-part article, we tell our readers in detail about all three existing waves of development of the world coffee market, explaining the differences between them, the periods when these waves ...

Dec 9, 2024 Our blog

What is Specialty coffee?

There is a growing demand for specialty coffee worldwide, the popularity of which began to grow in the 2000s, after more and more people became interested in quality coffee beans... Specialty coffee i...

Nov 28, 2024 Our blog

What is special food (by analogy with special coffee)?

A specialty food is one that is considered to be a unique and more valuable food product (compared to regular food) that is made in small quantities from high-quality ingredients. As with specialty co...

Nov 28, 2024 Our blog

About two famous coffee auction-competitions: Q auction and Cup of Excellence

Single origin coffee is one of the fundamental elements of the specialty coffee industry, whether it comes from a large region or a single farm. And in order not only to get it from such a single sour...

Nov 28, 2024 Про нас

Whole Trade Guarantee: one of the American alternatives to direct trade and fair trade approaches

In the USA, there is such a supermarket chain as Whole Foods Market, Inc. (since 2017 it is a subsidiary of Amazon, 500+ stores). It specializes in the sale of food products that do not contain hydrog...

Nov 28, 2024 Про нас

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