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The Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award winner will be announced during a ceremony at the world-famous Rockefeller Center on October 4.

The barista competition and World of Coffee trade show will take place from June 21-23 in the Netherlands.

Despite the annual production setback, the macro story for Colombian coffee production remains positive. “In the last decade, yields have increased nearly 30%."

The ICO estimates production in Colombia to decrease by 4.3%, to 14 million bags, this crop year.

The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia cited good weather conditions for the higher yield.

Starbucks has partnered with the Inter-American Developmental Bank on a $4 million USD loan program for 2,000 small-scale framers, most of whom will be women.

The policies offered by Nespresso's pilot program are designed for small farms vulnerable to weather fluctuations, price drops, and crop blight.

"We Colombians also have a right to drink quality coffee," said Andres Restrepo of Santo Kaffeto café.

This marks a major expansion for the coffee chain in Medellín, where it only just opened its first cafe in September.

The coffee is so good that Chinese buyer Dai Wei was "willing to pay whatever it took."