Gillies Blog
ALL HANDS ON DECK
It is unfortunate that SCA has positioned itself such that it can no longer serve the American trade as envisioned by SCAA’s Founding Fathers. I believe this was unintentional.
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GMO IN COFFEE: Perish The Thought or Maybe Not
The NCA website says, “…NCA is not aware of any GMO coffee in the marketplace.” We should be aware that Nestle, “has obtained a patent on a genetically modified coffee plant that will improve the solubility of instant coffee powder made from its beans,”[...]
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Coffee Skyrocket
The crunch in supply is caused in part by Covid; in part by the world-side shortage of shipping containers; a drought in Brazil; the recent Suez blockage; La Nina weather (a warm wet weather pattern between Australia and the Western Hemisphere); a national strike in Colombia; [...]
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Why Coffee Prices Are Soaring
Yesterday we were met with an additional unexpected event. There has been a frost in the coffee-growing areas of Brazil, and the New York market responded by shooting up 7% in one trading session.
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SCOTT REED, coffeeman
We are only human. We try to stand erect, we trip, and slip and fall, and grab at something and pull ourselves up. Sometimes we are lucky, and we triumph over our challenges. Sometimes we fail.
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