https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/coffee-beans/by-region-coffee-beans/central-america/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Thu, 16 May 2024 17:22:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/15/guatemala-coffee-report-new-map-for-worlds-fourth-largest-arabica-producer/ Wed, 15 May 2024 13:12:44 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179813 The Guatemalan national coffee association Anacafé led a comprehensive set of geographic surveys to redraw the map of the country’s coffee lands map last year. The effort has resulted in...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/14/this-world-bee-day-a-touch-of-honey-could-help-coffee-producers/ Tue, 14 May 2024 14:27:46 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179829 If you like coffee, you’d better dang well like bees, too. Study after study after study has highlighted the symbiotic relationships between bees and coffee ecosystems, particularly as they translate...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/10/green-coffee-trader-sucafina-launches-sucafina-guatemala/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:01:42 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179102 Multinational green coffee trading company Sucafina has launched a Guatemalan subsidiary called Guatemala Sucafina. Longtime coffee sourcing and export professional Carlos Ordoñez, a past advisor to the Guatemalan national coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/03/26/five-must-visit-new-coffee-shops-in-mexico-city/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:10:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=178492 The Mexico City coffee scene is booming, and few people have captured the sounds and sights as thoroughly as Fernanda Pérez Rosell, creator of the Here for the Coffee MX...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/03/25/specialty-roaster-paso-paso-launches-in-germany-with-producer-ownership/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:03:52 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=178679 A new German coffee roasting company called Paso Paso presents a novel business model through which coffee producers have ownership and leadership stakes. Under the full name, “Paso Paso –...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/03/20/first-golden-attribute-competition-celebrates-flavors-of-nicaraguan-coffees/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:25:55 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=178612 Two Nicaragua-focused green coffee companies recently hosted the Golden Attribute Competition, a coffee quality competition with a novel approach to quality evaluation. Rather than employing traditional evaluation standards and protocols,...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/03/05/starbucks-names-10-new-origin-grants-totaling-nearly-4-million/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:16:27 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=178240 The Starbucks Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with global coffee giant Starbucks, has named the recipients of 10 grants worth nearly US$4 million. Each of the new grants support the Foundation’s...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/02/28/new-consultancy-kune-brings-finance-and-sustainability-together/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:26:10 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177954 A new consultancy based in Central America called Kune (LinkedIn page) has planted itself squarely at the intersection of sustainability, coffee agribusiness and finance. Taking its name from the universal...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/02/16/fairtrade-movement-co-founder-frans-van-der-hoff-dead-at-84/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:58:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177963 Frans van der Hoff, one of the founding figures of the Fairtrade movement, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. The cause of death is not publicly known. A...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/02/06/how-shade-coffee-lends-conservation-a-hand/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:27:58 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177635 When managed in the right way, the farms that provide our morning brew can be a refuge for plant and animal biodiversity Q&A — Ecologist Ivette Perfecto Up in the...]]>