Posts by Rob Stewart
How long will prices remain high?
Recently, the Coffee C price, which represents Arabica coffee futures traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has experienced a steady climb to a 6 month high with fluctuations influenced by various factors. This year’s El Nino weather event is creating a bullish platform for coffee prices. An El Nino pattern typically brings heavy rains to…
Read MoreExploring Brazil Peaberry
Peaberries are fascinating. At Minas Hill, we have long been purveyors of specialty peaberries. We have often cupped them against some very high-scoring regular coffees, and in most cases, they have displayed phenomenal cup characteristics. WHAT IS A PEABERRY? Let us start with the coffee cherry. Inside, you would expect to find two seeds, one…
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