The Cup of Excellence, and Why it Matters
Small farmers can enter and win the Cup of Excellen ce for the first time, flavour profiles continue to amaze and communities not known for the specialty coffee thrive like never before...
What to know About Cascara, The Coffee Drink That’s More Like Tea
Cascara is found somewhere at the intersection of coffee and tea, and although it comes from the coffee plant, the drink doesn't taste anything like coffee.
Where does the taste of coffee come from?
The taste of a cup of coffee that we all love and cherish has a very complex origin, as it is influenced by many different parameters. One of these is the DNA or the inherent genetic identity of the coffee tree where the coffee comes from.
Ethiopia: birthplace of coffee
From the delicious floral Sidamo up to the bright Guji coffee, the wide range of Ethiopian flavour varieties has stolen our heart. At EFICO, we feel very lucky to have a representative office in Addis Ababa: KURU.
Ethiopia: What to Expect from Crop 2022
After traveling to Ethiopia, visiting our partners and selecting our 2022 crops, we thought a recap on the situation in Ethiopia and highlight the main key points for this origin would be beneficial!
The Cupping & Quality lab: the heart of our business
Quality is one of our cornerstones. To that end, we’ve built a dedicated team of Green Coffee Quality Experts and Q Graders. We control this quality systematically to make sure coffee roasters, connoisseurs and coffee lovers can taste and feel the love for coffee produced by our amazing farmer partners!
Interview with EFICO Central America’s Director Renaud Cuchet
What better way to kick-start 2022 with than some insights of our local office in Guatemala. Have a coffee and relax for some interesting ☕️ talk.
Cupping Coffee for Science
We took part in the World Coffee Research International Multi-Location Variety Trial cupping experiment. Read on to see what we did!
Have you ever heard about thermal fermentation ?
To answer this question, we spoke with Luis Campos from Cordillera de Fuego in Costa Rica. Luis Campos is the owner of the mill ‘Cordillera de Fuego’ from where we imported several lots this year.
Frost in Brazil – A new challenge tackling the coffee world.
As many of you have already seen in photos, Brazil has been hit by a wave of frost in 3 coffee regions in the past week: Paraná, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. This is the worst frost in Brazil since 1994 and the impact on production has not yet been fully evaluated. Let's try to analyze in detail what happened.