Iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier In the spirit of the 4th of July weekend in the U.S. we’ll take another look at why coffee is SO important to the…
BACK ON POPULAR DEMAND, everything you want to know about the latest developments in Mexico’s nearly 300-old coffee industry North American coffee producer Mexico has been growing coffee since the…
The Middle East is literally where modern coffee consumption as we know it was born sometime around the 14th Century after coffee was initially discovered in Ethiopia, yet the region…
Brazil is the largest coffee producing country and accounts for between 35 and 38 percent of total world output in any given crop cycle. Brazil is also the world’s largest coffee exporting nation and…
The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is home to between 50 and 60 percent of all the coffee grown in Brazil in any given harvest cycle and countless farms and…
My Coffee of The Day is from the Machare Estate on the from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania. One of the most impressive farms in the world,…
One of the best perks about being a coffee writer is the access and opportunity for sampling truly fantastic and rare coffees from across the world. That, combined with coffee…
Since coffee first was brought to Europe in the late 16th century via traders from the Ottoman Empire the beverage and enjoyment of coffee was a source of scandal. As…
25 May, 2024(SpillingTheBeans)–This article was originally written and published based on information and date from 2010-2012 and Arabica production has in recent years stabilized between 1M-1.2M bags, but growers and…
JAN 25, 2015–UPDATE: Dear Followers, I just wanted to share this quick snap shot from Guadeloupe because this island paradise is just simply extraordinary, with the most amazing amazing AMAZING…
My name is Maja and I’m a Danish born woman, crazy and beyond passionate about everything coffee. I have written about all aspects of coffee for over 30 years from near 70 coffee producing countries across the world. Welcome to my blog !!
