Signs of slower deliveries  from Peru, the world’s eighth-biggest coffee exporter, are expected to underscore concerns about supplies elsewhere. (Starbucks.com)

Fungus damage to Peru’s coffee crop lifts premium

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lima/New York | Reuters — The premium for coffee grown in Peru, one of the world’s top high-quality arabica growers, is nearing a three-year high after a tree-killing fungus ate into more of its crop than expected, delaying shipments, industry sources say. Peru’s harvest kicked off in April at low-altitude plantations — the most vulnerable […] Read more