Coffee research articles about the global coffee market, coffee value, Fair Trade, and commodity fetishism!
I am interested in critical theory around commodities and coffee in particular. I like to read about the supply side of the market as well as the consumer sphere, where coffee is so speciously branded and fetishized.
There are articles that look critically at the Fair TradeFair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability.: Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach... ...more model, as well as local studies about coffee value enhancement. I think the case of BurundiBurundi coffee bears resemblance to neighboring Rwanda, in both cup character, but also the culture surrounding coffee. Burundi is a small landlocked country at the crossroads of East... ...more in the 3 articles below is fascinating.
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I have collected over time from a variety
Hibrido de Timor abbreviated HdT is the interspecies hybrid of C. Arabica and C. Canephora (Robusta) that was found in Timor Leste in the 1940s. It has been... ...more of “open source” sites, shared directly with me, or other public archives. I am pretty fascinated with the research work focused on coffee and related issues. I am also not a scientist, economist or involved in Academia. I have an MFA!
If you are an author or are aware that any of these papers should not be available here, please contact me and I will respond promptly. I think it’s possible some work here that was emailed direct to me might not have been published for public access, but it’s hard to tell by the file itself. So please just communicate with us: [email protected] -Thompson
Coffee economics, fair trade, GIS, coffee commodity system
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I am looking forward to the Guatemala Gesha. Please keep me informed about delivery.
Thanks,
Howard
Hi Howard – it has sold out for this harvest. New crop will be in June. We have a Peru Gesha coming soon though
Hi – I have used my popper moderately and about 1/2 of the bottom of the chamber is burnt, like a brown semi-circle. Is this normal?
Hi Lee – yes that’s normal. I saw it after about 60 roast cycles…
Buon giorno,
vorremmo acquistare 2 pezzi di i-roast2
vorrei avere informazione se ancora in commercio
Saluti
I-Roast 2 …. this has been off the market for many years now
It’s not set up for your benefit, it’s set up for theirs. It’s long past time to leave “social” media. The trade of occasionally being served something of interest is not worth the spam, ads, and manipulative “suggestions”.
I’d be happy to Favorite, Like, Upvote, Poke, or whatever the thing is, but I’m not putting those apps on my devices. I own a phone and email addresses; if a company wishes to interact with me and I have permitted it, it works well for both of us.
Yes – thats where things are headed it seems. You are ahead of things…