Author
Daniel Okafor
Daniel reports on origins and sustainability. He has visited farms and mills in East Africa and Central America and writes about farmer incomes and climate.
Stories by Daniel Okafor
Washed, natural, honey: what processing really does to the cup
Three words on a bag tell you a lot about flavour. Here is what each method does, and what it costs the farm.
Why coffee leaf rust keeps returning, and what breeders are doing about it
The fungus has swept through farms for 150 years. New varieties offer hope, but flavour and cost still get in the way.
Green coffee prices ease as Brazilian harvest tops forecasts
Traders now expect a larger crop than they did in the summer. Specialty buyers say premiums are holding.
Stenophylla: the forgotten wild coffee that tolerates heat
A species once lost to science grows in hotter conditions than arabica and tastes sweet. Can it help farms adapt?
Inside a cupping table in Huila
Twenty-four cups, one spoon and a room that goes silent. A morning with the judges who decide what a farm earns.
What coffee farmers are paid: a short guide to price, premium and cost
A farmer’s income depends on three numbers. Most drinkers have never seen any of them.