Asia-Pacific
A Farmer's Legacy: The Rise of Yunnan Coffee
Hu XiXiang's journey from rubber and tea technician to coffee cooperative leader illustrates the perseverance and community focus driving Yunnan's coffee sector.
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Sulawesi's Coffee and Cocoa Farmers Struggle to Recover a Month After Disaster
A month after the earthquake and tsunami, farming communities in Central Sulawesi face destroyed roads, halted trade, and uncertain futures. Here are four ways the coffee industry can support their recovery.
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The Blue Coffee That Tells a Story of Sumatra
Grown near a volcanic lake in North Sumatra, Blue Batak coffee reflects the resilience of smallholder farmers and the challenges they face in a changing climate.
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The Local Faces Cultivating Myanmar's Specialty Coffee Sector
A look at the farmers, processors, and agronomists shaping Myanmar's coffee industry, and how development partnerships have connected them to international specialty markets.
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From Cherry to Cup: Three Indonesian Processors on Progress and Pressures
Interviews with Klasik Beans, Java Halu, and Tuang Coffee explore how Indonesian specialty coffee has evolved, and what inflation, rainfall, and supply-chain manipulation mean for the producers behind it.
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India's Coffee Scene: From a Hard Sell to a Craft Revolution
A wave of homegrown roasters has shifted Indian coffee from a commodity to a craft, with cafes, home brewing, and farm-level experimentation reshaping consumption.
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Sri Lanka’s Coffee Rebirth: From Rust to Roastery
A look at the roasters and farmers bringing back Ceylon coffee, nearly 150 years after leaf rust wiped out the island’s plantations and tea took over.
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India's Roasters Are Slowly Warming to the Robusta That Defines Their Coffee
Robusta makes up about 70% of India's coffee crop and the country ranks fifth globally in production, yet its specialty coffee scene has long sidelined the bean. That is starting to shift, though resistance remains.
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Mountain Province Coffee: A Push for Quality on the Slopes of Bontoc
A government-backed training effort in the northern Philippines aims to lift local arabica toward specialty standards, even as steep terrain and scarce resources keep most beans close to home.
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Sorting by Color, Raising Yunnan Coffee's Standing
A look at how a wet-mill color sorter, developed through trial and error with local partners, is helping farmers in southern Yunnan pick fully ripe cherries and lift cup quality.
