Trip to Honduras along the coffee supply chain 13 February 2023 Las Capucas Sustainable Coffee Village Community In Las Capucas, a small rural community in the mountains of the municipality of San Pedro de Copán, most families are somehow linked to coffee production. Francisco Villeda, known as Pancho, is among the member producers of the Cooperativa cafetalera Las Capucas and part of the Slow Food Las Capucas Sustainable Coffee …
Coffee workshops: from bean to mug 26 August 2022 If your passion is coffee, you’ll love the taste workshops organized by Lavazza! The events will take place in two special locations: Nuvola Lavazza and Factory 1985. The first location needs no introduction. Opened in Turin in 2018, the building was designed by architect Cino Zucchi, and is the headquarters and nerve center of Nuvola …
Slow Food Coffee Coalition: new trends in the world of coffee 10 August 2021 Erminia Nodari, Slow Food Coffee Coalition Trends often reflect changes in the taste of users as a consequence of social changes or evolutions dictated by economic contingencies and needs. They are also often the result of avant-garde movements, cultural movements or movements of opinion which sometimes extend to wider segments of the population. In the world of commercial coffee, the blends …
Coffee is more than an everyday drink; it’s a complex agricultural product. 14 April 2021 Many people can’t imagine starting their day without a cup of coffee. Yet, that simple, daily gesture feeds into a global market second only to that of oil: coffee is the most consumed drink in the world after water; its cultivation is a source of income for over 25 million families in 50 different countries. …
Slow Food Coffee Festival 2019: an advocacy platform to make the voice of smallholders heard in the new national Coffee Bill 28 August 2019 Among the guests attending will be the Mukono district production officer and the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) quality controller. Slow Food Uganda will organize the fourth edition of the Slow Food Coffee Festival dedicated to “Our Coffee Our Responsibility, Quality Coffee Everyone’s Responsibility”. The event will take place on Friday August 30 at the …
Climate change: will we still be able to wake up and smell the coffee? 5 October 2017 Maurizio Bongioanni We’re about to share some news that might come as a blow to many of you: in the not-too-distant future, waking up to the aromatic scent of freshly brewed coffee might become nothing more than a memory, thanks to the effects global warming. Some coffee-growing areas of Latin America could be unable to sustain the …
Thailand: “We need to save our seeds, climate, seasons to protect our communities!” 5 October 2017 Lee Ayu Chuepa This is what we try to do daily at the Akha Ama coffee factory. My name is Ayu and I am a young coffee farmer and a social entrepreneur. I belong to the Akha indigenous community living in the Maejantai, in the Northern Thailand. I grew up in a small village where people used to …
In pictures: From Tree to Cup Coffee Festival, Uganda 28 February 2017 At the “From Tree to Cup” festival, native varieties were celebrated and appreciated in all their glory, raising awareness among the local population of the true worth of their agricultural heritage. As Slow Food Vice-President Edie Mukibi says: “As Slow Food Uganda we are sensitizing farmers against the use of GMOs in addition to promoting the best farming practices to ensure that the final products are worth being put on the market. The approach to coffee production is that must be defined by three interconnected principals: Good, Clean and Fair.