Category: Blogs
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The Export Quota System Prior to Its Collapse in 1989
Quota Allocation in the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) The International Coffee Agreement (ICA) was established to stabilize the global coffee market by regulating the supply and demand through a system of export quotas. These quotas were crucial in maintaining fair prices for coffee on the international market and ensuring that both producers and consumers benefited…
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Robusta: Not so Robust !? A New Research
Research Summary Coffee is in crisis, due to climate change. We in the industry all know this. Companies like Karmic Circle Coffee Trading got into the coffee business to address this reality. In part by focusing on maximizing the quality of the Robusta plant (Canephora) due to its heat tolerant nature as compared to…
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World – System Theory by Immanuel Wallerstein.
World – System Theory by Immanuel Wallerstein. My educational philosophy is based upon a perceptual worldview gleaned from living in two different countries, with very different economic histories, Vietnam and The United States. Immanuel Wallerstein (n.d) describes the modern world-system as a “historical system” in which the extant division of labor is perpetuated by those…
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Vietnam’s Specialty Coffee Harvest Report 2022
Location: Central Highland of Vietnam. Weather Conditions: Less sunny than last year. Coffee will potentially take a bit longer to dry but we can’t conclude just yet since this is just the beginning of the harvest. Yields Down: Robusta yielded less than 20% in comparison to last year’s volume of 60 tons. Arabica: Slowly ripening compared to…
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Vietnam Coffee Industry: Current Problems and How We’re Changing It.
Intro. Although Vietnam is blessed with fertile land and a tropical climate suited to high-quality agricultural cultivation, the coffee industry here has faced challenges that have in the past prevented it from truly blossoming. Now, Vietnam is experiencing a renaissance and coffee is at the center of it. The solutions we have implemented make us a part of this…
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ROBUSTA – The Ancient Grain Of The Coffee World And The Future Of The Coffee Industry.
And The Mother Crop Of All Modern Coffee Beans…Without Robusta, there would be no Arabica. Below is the differences between two species: Coffea Arabica: The primary species of coffee commercially cultivated for consumption, accounting for approximately 60% of worldwide production. Coffea Canephora (Robusta): Robusta coffee has historically been considered inferior to Arabica coffee…
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Vietnam and its capability of producing Fine Robusta
Our Coffea Canephora Producer – Mr. Toi Nguyen, a leader in producing high quality well-known Robusta that is certified by the Coffee Quality Institute (U.S) Even though Vietnam is the world’s second-largest exporter of coffee behind Brazil, the high quality and unique characteristics of its finest beans are not as well known to Americans compared…