Category Archives: Coffee industry

Book Review – Cheap coffee: Behind the curtain of the global coffee trade

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Jennifer Ferreira

If you choose to read one publication about coffee this year, I suggest it is the new book by Karl Wienhold called ‘Cheap Coffee: Behind the Curtain of the Global Coffee Trade’. This book provides an overview of how and … Continue reading →

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Examining sustainability risks in Indonesia-UK coffee supply chains

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

The global coffee industry faces a number of sustainability risks from price volatility, and supply of labour to climate change and changing prevalence of pests and disease. The challenges it faces are complex, with adjustments to supply chains shaped by … Continue reading →

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Working together towards a circular economy: life beyond the cup of coffee

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

There are many different definitions of the circular economy, which at their core they have the same thing in common: the reduction of waste, and the movement away from a linear economy which operates on a take-make-consume-throwaway model (Ellen Macarthur … Continue reading →

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Considering the future of coffee – ICO launches ‘Coffee Development Report 2019’

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

Much of the recent discussion in the mainstream media related to coffee has been about the ‘coffee crisis’, the historic low of coffee prices, and the impact this is having on the livelihoods of coffee farmers around the world (Alameida, … Continue reading →

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International Coffee Day 2019: Celebrating coffee and considering global coffee challenges

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

1st October is International Coffee Day. This event is designed to both celebrate coffee and recognise the millions of people from across the globe that are involved in maintaining and developing the coffee industry from the farmers to baristas and … Continue reading →

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Centre for Business in Society White Paper: Seeking Sustainability in the Coffee Shop Industry: Innovations in the Circular Economy

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

Across many sectors and industries, efforts are being made to be more sustainable, reduce consumption of materials and energy, and in many cases engage in more circular economy practices – reusing materials to create new ones, in turn reducing the … Continue reading →

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Innovations in the circular economy: coffee grounds as a waste opportunity

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

In the UK around 95 million cups of coffee are consumed every day, which means it also produces a lot of coffee waste – around of 500,000 tonnes waste coffee grounds every year. Such amount of waste contributes to rising … Continue reading →

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The Cup Fund has launched – seeking new ideas for coffee cup recycling

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

Disposable coffee cups have recently been in the news again. This time it’s because of a new effort to try and increase coffee cup recycling – The Cup Fund –  a £1 million funding scheme to kick start some ideas … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Coffee: A Global History by Jonathan Morris

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

Coffee: A Global History written by Professor Jonathan Morris is part of Reaktion books ‘Edible Series’. As a geographer I have always been interested in how things shape the world, and these books provide a great insight into how particular … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Coffee: From Bean to Barista by Robert Thurston

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

I had a bit of time over the holidays to catch up on some of the latest coffee related books. I’d actually forgotten I’d pre-ordered this one so it was a nice surprise just before Christmas. I learnt about the … Continue reading →

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