Coffee News Recap, 5 May: EUDR set to include instant coffee, Honduras expected to produce over 6 million bags for 2026/27 harvest & other stories
Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the week.
Editor’s note
The EUDR has covered coffee in almost all its forms since the regulation was first proposed, but instant coffee was notably absent from its scope. This omission created a gap that companies could technically exploit: a business could source, process, and package instant coffee entirely outside Europe, then import the finished product into the EU without triggering deforestation checks.