Why is your morning joe so expensive? Brazil’s coffee farms have the answer.
Extreme weather is ravaging arabica harvests in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, turning a cup of joe into something of a luxury item.
Coffee Prices Are at a 50-Year High. Producers Aren’t Celebrating.
At her farm near Corquin, Esperanza Torres Melgar, 59, has grown accustomed to traders showing up and offering immediate cash ...
Thieves Are Targeting Coffee Beans, Stealing It by the Truckload in the US
Coffee prices have hit an all-time high, and thieves are cashing in. Organized gangs are stealing truckloads of beans worth up to $180,000, exploiting gaps in the supply chain. The crisis mirrors ...
Coffee theft surges in the US as prices for the beans soar
Theft of truck loads of green coffee beans is surging in the United States, the world's largest importer of the commodity, as ...
Brazil's coffee stockpiles dwindle as prices hit record highs
In a Brazilian coffee warehouse usually stuffed with a quarter of a million bags of the aromatic bean, voices echo in the ...
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Coffee theft surges in the US as prices for the beans soar
Theft of coffee has been reported in producing countries such as Brazil and Vietnam, usually in farms where the beans are temporarily stored after the harvest. Those sites are more vulnerable ...