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Dec 5, 20252 min read
Agronomist — The Bridge Between Knowledge and Producers
Jonas Leme Ferraresso explains how unpredictable climate cycles, soil health, and changing production costs shape the daily reality of coffee farmers — and why listening to producers matters more than ever.
Nov 24, 20259 min read
The Fifth of November — Coffee and the Resilience of Conspirators
In Krzysztof Blinkiewicz’s new column, a proclamation about collapse, paradigms, courage, and coffee. Read. Think. Act. Remember, remember the Fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot; I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. I like this day. Each year it reminds me that one must stay resilient. Resilience of ideas against conspiracy. Resilience of conspiracies against failure. Resilience of the conspirators themselves — though what grants them the
Nov 5, 20253 min read
This Is Not a Job Post. It’s an Invitation.
The Better Coffee is a movement built on shared work and solidarity. Join us as a volunteer or supporter and help create a coffee world where every role holds value and every person is paid with dignity.
Oct 31, 20254 min read
Scroll, Sip, Forget — Repeat. We Speak — But Who’s Listening?
In a world built for scrolling, The Better Coffee asks for something radical: time. This is a self-critique of distraction — and a quiet invitation to slow down, read, and remember that dignity takes longer than a reel.
Oct 20, 20254 min read
The Freedom to Leave Is Also Dignity
A reflection from Sierra Madre: true dignity in coffee means giving farmers’ children not only support to stay—but freedom to walk away and still be valued.
Oct 20, 20253 min read
Buna Kela — Coffee as a Moral Ecology
In Oromo culture, coffee is more than a drink — it is a covenant. Tesfaye Hailu Tufa explores Buna Kela and Oromo Moral Ecology, where coffee, land, and community form one circle of dignity and shared care.
Oct 10, 20257 min read
From Headhunters to Coffee Farmers: The Bugkalot Story
In the mountains of Nueva Vizcaya, former headhunters now grow coffee. Among unharvested Liberica trees, they’re rebuilding bridges — between past and future, between identity and dignity — one cup at a time.
Oct 8, 20253 min read
Wishes from The Better Coffee to All Coffee People
International Coffee Day must end its silence. Let coffee people — farmers, roasters, baristas — be unsevered, dignified, and impossible to mute.
Sep 30, 20252 min read
Voices Missing, Voices Rising! Who Speaks for Coffee?
International Coffee Day pours cappuccinos and hashtags — but coffee people remain unheard. Farmers, roasters, baristas live in silence. Representation is survival. Who really speaks for coffee?
Sep 30, 202513 min read
