Instant coffee affinity takes robusta beans from stepchild to favouriteHigher living costs around the world also encouraged a move toward cheaper coffee blends, while a growing consumer base in China drives hig...
World heads for fourth year of shortages for instant coffee beansPoor rainfall in Vietnam has caused “irreversible damage” to coffee blossoms, while lower fertiliser use and the expansion of durian trees ...
Why the world of chocolate is in crisisFor the world’s chocolate makers, the crisis is here. Plants have been forced to shutter from Malaysia to Germany and Chicago.
African farmers may have a coffee robust enough for the climate crisisFarmers in Uganda are growing species of coffee which can sustain drought, heat and diseases caused by global warming.
Coffee prices poised to climb with bean shortfall nearing third yearGlobal supply will trail demand by 3.8 million bags in the next season, with robusta beans hitting a record shortfall amid surging demand f...
Coffee industry braces for more supply chain ‘chaos’ as oil soarsWhile supply-chains woes have spared few industries globally, coffee and some other crops have been hit especially hard.
Your instant coffee may soon be at risk from Suez blockageCoffee roasters on the continent had already been struggling to get supplies from Vietnam, the world’s largest robusta producer, due to the...
Robusta coffee falls before record Vietnamese cropRobusta coffee fell for a second day in London in anticipation of a record crop in Vietnam, the world’s biggest producer of the variety.
Indonesian Coffee exports slump to 2-yr LowCoffee bean shipments from Indonesia, the third-largest robusta grower, are set to slump to the lowest level in two years.
- Vietnam coffee harvest to drop 9.4% on dry weather
Coffee production in Vietnam is poised to decline from a record as dry weather cuts yields, bolstering prices.
- Rabobank raises Robusta Coffee price forecast
Rabobank International raised price forecasts for robusta coffee traded in London for the rest of this year on falling European stockpiles ...