Meet our first farmer partner, Manuel Gutierrez
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May 2022

Tree cover and compost We’ve talked before about how coffee presents unique opportunities for creating regenerative agroforestry systems. Much of…

April 2022

On a recent trip to Guatemala to check in with our farmer partner Manuel, we also took the opportunity to gather soil samples from two areas. The first…
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March 2022

In Part 1, we surveyed new research into coffee varietals, the story of the international coffee trade in the 20th century, and the consolidation of…
The quest for new coffee genetics and the specter of corporate takeover.

February 2022

The Coffee Postharvest Process In English we call them coffee beans, but they are actually the seeds of the coffee plant, and they develop inside the…

January 2022

How can farming heal soils and improve climate resiliency? This is a primary line of inquiry for Biota Coffee, but before we dive into this topic, we…
Besides, of course, a world class cup of coffee

December 2021

Welcome to B Horizons, a newsletter by Biota Coffee! What’s Biota Coffee? Biota is a direct-to-consumer company cultivating specialty coffee that heals…