Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine

On March 27, 2024, a study published in the scientific journal Nature announced that the sugarcane genome had at last been cracked. This was a remarkable achievement because of the complexity of the sugarcane’s genome. That of rice, the first crop genome to be sequenced, more than 20 years ago, was “simple:” Twelve chromosomes, two identical copies of each, for a total of 400 million base pairs (Mb) (nitrogen base pairs located on two complementary DNA strands)... https://lnkd.in/gEFRgqbE Jean Christophe GLASZMANN Claire BILLOT claire lanaud CIRAD INRAE

Juliana Turchetti, a trailblazing Brazilian aerial firefighter and owner of Springfield, Illinois-based Aviatori Coffee, died Wednesday while fighting a fire in Montana... https://lnkd.in/eUK7SFgK

As agricultural goods go, coffee has a particularly high potential to combine forest conservation, biodiversity and production output, according to a meta analysis published this spring. A team of researchers at Oxford Brookes University in the UK led the analysis, which explored 69 studies drawn from an original pool of 1,900 academic papers involving shade-grown coffee, conservation and related topics... https://lnkd.in/dGgVarxd  

As agricultural goods go, coffee has a particularly high potential to combine forest conservation, biodiversity and production output, according to a meta analysis published this spring. A team of researchers at Oxford Brookes University in the UK led the analysis, which explored 69 studies drawn from an original pool of 1,900 academic papers involving shade-grown coffee, conservation and related topics... https://lnkd.in/dGgVarxd

Welcome to DCN’s Weekly Coffee News! Read on to learn more about what's new in the world of coffee this week, including some of DCN’s top stories from the past week as well as the latest career opportunities at https://lnkd.in/eQKWiAdb from... Melitta Group Joffrey's Coffee & Tea Company Coffeebar Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Inc. https://lnkd.in/eBbxa_AG

Coffee retailers big and small are joining in a new city-wide reusable cup program in Petaluma, California, as the industry continues to produce daily mountains of single-use-product waste. It should be noted that several of the key participants are the same companies that wantonly perpetuate disposable packaging culture through convenience-based, fast-food retail models... https://lnkd.in/gajgH55i

As agricultural goods go, coffee has a particularly high potential to combine forest conservation, biodiversity and production output, according to a meta analysis published this spring. A team of researchers at Oxford Brookes University in the UK led the analysis, which explored 69 studies drawn from an original pool of 1,900 academic papers involving shade-grown coffee, conservation and related topics...  https://lnkd.in/dGgVarxd

Dutch espresso machine maker Kees van der Westen recently launched pre-orders for its newest and home-friendliest espresso machine to date, the Spiritello. Combining classic a classic lever function with a wealth of modern features and design touches, the Spiritello is the first Kees van der Westen machine to include an onboard reservoir, meaning no plumbed connection is required... https://lnkd.in/gdtDimRv

Why are drain lines necessary? Espresso machine drip trays are designed to catch spills of espresso, hot water rinses and backflushes. Any issues can be avoided with good planning and maintenance, including... https://lnkd.in/gKEMcfRQ

From growing up witnessing first-hand the financial struggles of smallholder coffee farmers in Kenya, Francis Kungu is now working to help boost farmer income through a United States green coffee import company of his own called Jamii Coffee. "If it’s done right, coffee has the potential to improve and take people’s lives out of economic depression. In Kenya, we have a coffee ritual that’s mostly on the coast, and we need to start talking about it. It has the potential to bring people together." Here’s more from DCN’s recent conversation with Francis Kungu… https://lnkd.in/gKcw22eg