https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/coffee-beans/by-region-coffee-beans/central-america/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:59:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/19/spirit-animal-rebrands-to-spirit-origin-opens-honduras-flagship/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:59:20 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194672   Honduras-based, globally focused specialty coffee company Spirit Animal Coffee has rebranded to Spirit Origin while opening a new flagship retail complex in Roatán. The company unveiled the new 12,000-square-foot...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/18/report-climate-change-adding-weeks-of-coffee-harming-heat-in-major-growing-regions/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:08:12 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194647 A new analysis found that climate change has already added weeks of “coffee-harming” heat to the world’s main coffee-producing regions, threatening future supply and the livelihoods of millions of smallholder...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/11/new-cafeclima-platform-supports-climate-smart-coffee-replanting/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:08:14 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194532   World Coffee Research (WCR), along with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, today announced the launch of CafeClima, a free web platform designed to help farmers, agronomists, funders...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/05/report-sustainability-must-be-embedded-into-core-buying-practices-to-drive-change/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:28:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194419   A new “living document” from the civil-society coalition VOCAL Coffee Alliance argues that project-based corporate sustainability is doing little to shift value chain imbalances and promote long-term sustainable coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/03/proyecto-diaz-opens-second-oakland-cafe-launches-metate-chocolate/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:13:18 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194213   Oaxaca-linked, Oakland, California-based coffee roaster Proyecto Diaz this month opened its second cafe shortly after firing up a brand-new Loring roaster in its Oakland roastery. The company also launched...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/01/20/free-global-library-brings-shade-grown-coffee-into-the-light/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:52:41 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=193941   A giant spotlight is being turned on shade-grown coffee with this week’s launch of a freely accessible Coffee Agroforestry E-Library. The sprawling database of academic literature on agroforestry in...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/01/12/iwca-inks-mous-with-cup-of-excellence-and-ace-to-boost-women-in-coffee/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:37:54 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=193752   The International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) has signed new memoranda of understanding with Cup of Excellence (CoE) and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE).  The agreements are designed to...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/01/06/estate-98-forges-a-salvadoran-farm-to-cocktail-connection/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:40:20 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=193179   U.S.-based descendants of Salvadoran coffee estate founders have launched a single-origin, single-estate “espresso spirit” called Estate 98, built to stand in for espresso or other brewed coffee concentrate in...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/31/cup-of-excellence-coming-to-11-countries-in-2026/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:29:32 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=193487 The nonprofit Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) released a preliminary schedule for its flagship Cup of Excellence (CoE) green coffee competition and auction program, featuring 11 coffee-producing countries in 2026....]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/16/reflections-on-1-million-coffee-farmers-trained-with-technoserve-coffee-head-paul-stewart-part-2/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:04:45 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192891   This is part two of a two-part interview with Paul Stewart, the global coffee director for TechnoServe. The nonprofit recently announced it has helped train more than 1 million smallholder...]]>