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Origin Deep Dive: Mexico, Explained by Keegan Street

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Origin Deep Dive: Mexico, Explained by Keegan Street

Keegan Street has built relationships at origin with Mexican coffee producers through his work at Rooftop Coffee Roasters. In this conversation, he shares why Mexico deserves more attention as a...

February 09, 2026 — Lauren Scratch 5 min read

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The Coffee Killer - Roya Rust Crisis:

Hemileia vastatrix has been recently covered in our Canadian media. It is bad news. In fact, it is one of the worst things to happen to our beloved coffee crops.

Michael King, owner of Bean North, explains the effect “It is basically devastating the coffee harvest in Central America right now where countries like Guatamala are down 60%. Some of the cooperatives we’ve purchased from for years – like one in El Salvador, has 0 coffee to export this year.”

May 23, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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Where did the word “Coffee” come from?

The history of the coffee plant itself is pretty wild as it meandered its way across the world – from East Africa to the Middle East to Europe and further...
March 21, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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