Monthly Archives: August 2020

Two Centuries of Enslaved Labor: The Contributions of Blacks in the Early Americas Coffee Trade

Woman working on farm in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photo by Danielle Seréjo.   Introduction by Kenneth Davids, Editor in Chief Phyllis Johnson, longtime president of green coffee importer BD Imports, has emerged as an eloquent spokesperson for acknowledgement and change at a time when specialty coffee is searching for an effective response to systemic racism […]

Recognizing Coffees from Black-owned Coffee Companies

Roaster Alex Carlson; Direct of Coffee Ali Gulduren, and Owner Efrem Fesaha at Boon Boona Coffee in Reston, Washington.  Photo by Jeriel Calamayan, courtesy of Boon Boona Coffee.   For new readers who may not be familiar with Coffee Review, we introduced the first-ever 100-point, wine-style coffee reviews to the specialty coffee industry in 1997. Our […]