Browsing: Arabica coffee

• Bad weather is severely affecting Brazil, and Vietnam’s coffee output.
• Coffee prices are soaring as global supply decreases from the South American countries.
• As Brazil and Vietnam take a hit, East African coffee producers stand to gain as prices increase.

Coffee output in Brazil and Vietnam has taken a hit owing to bad weather affecting global supply, a scenario that could turn the tide in favour of the bean producers from East Africa.

At the moment, Brazil, which is the world’s largest coffee supplier, is facing worsening drought that is expected to further affect the optimum production of the crop in this year.

Since April 2024, rainfall in Brazil has been below the required amount, which has in turn severely affected the flowering of coffee trees and therefore, overall production.

According to the ICE, there is a drastic decline in arabica coffee stocks which are reported to be at a …

The country`s coffee production is projected to dwindle by 23 per cent in the 2019-2020 season.

Africa`s fourth biggest coffee producer, Tanzania said the overall production in coffee would drop by 23 per cent in the next period due to delayed rainfall in the Northern regions, according to the Tanzania Coffee Board.

The crop for the season that starts in July may decline to 50,000 tonnes, the Tanzania Coffee Board stated on Monday 13^th May, 2019 in a statement. It said last month that the country had experienced dryness in many growing areas, and that farmers would start collecting crops in May in the Kagera and Mara regions of the country.

After missing earlier targets to boost production, the country is considering distributing seedlings to farmers in an effort to double supply in five years. Arabica coffee accounts for more than half of Tanzania`s output, and it mainly ships …