Single-origin coffee is creating unsustainable models for small-scale growers

Blog: LSE Latin America and Caribbean

Abstract

Single-origin coffee beans are usually sold at premium prices and are considered at the higher end of the market. For the past year, Layla Zaglul Ruiz (LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre) has been carrying out ethnographic research on how consumer trends affect small-scale producers’ lives. I’m sitting in one of Brighton’s many cafes in … Continued