Direct Trade In Specialty Coffee: Is It An Effective Model?
Direct trade is a coffee trading model that offers the promise of a stronger value chain achieved by minimising the number of intermediaries. It is ...read more
How To Prevent Coffee Varieties From Being Misidentified
Every day, producers, traders, roasters, and consumers seek out different coffee varieties. Each variety has its own unique cup profile, among a number of other ...read more
Responding To Coffee Overscoring Issues In Producing Countries
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about the issue of coffee overscoring in producing countries. The feedback we received motivated us to dig ...read more
A Guide to Green Coffee Auctions
Green coffee auctions are a popular way to buy and sell green coffee on the international market. Not only do they often provide producers with ...read more
Tackling Unintentional Coffee Overscoring in Producing Countries
In the specialty coffee industry, high quality coffees are cupped and allocated a score by a tasting/grading professional or a Q grader. These scores act ...read more
Why Producers Grow Expensive Coffees – And Why Roasters Buy Them
Occasionally, a specialty coffee lot makes headlines for the record-breaking prices it’s fetched at an auction or private sale. These hyper-expensive coffees are usually award-winning ...read more
How Does Exchange Rate Fluctuation Affect Coffee Producers?
Last week, a coffee farmer received $1.10/lb, and they were happy. But today, they receive $1.15/lb and they’re disappointed. Why? There are many reasons that ...read more
COVID-19: What Coffee Farmers Want You to Know
It’s only been a few months since COVID-19 was first officially identified. Since then it’s rapidly spread around the world, changing the way that millions ...read more
How to Protect Coffee Quality During Sea Transit
Sea transportation is one of the riskiest moments in coffee’s route from farm to roastery. The beans spend days in a container exposed to high ...read more
Coffee Pricing: Why We Need to Know Farmgate And Not Just FOB
What did the farmer who grew your coffee get paid? Finding an answer to this simple question is challenging. So challenging, in fact, that most ...read more
A Beginner’s Guide to Cupping Coffee & Improving Your Palate
Cupping is the industry standard for coffee quality evaluations, and a great way to learn more about coffee whether you’re a consumer, roaster, trader, or ...read more
Coffee Origins: A Guide to Mexico
On small, mountainous farms run mainly by indigenous producers, you’ll find an often-overlooked gem growing strong: Mexican coffee. When people list famous coffee origins, Mexico ...read more
Closing The Knowledge Gap Between Specialty Café & Farm
Your café offers customers coffee that you’ve carefully selected from various origins. Whether you roast it yourself or source it from a roaster, you’ve chosen ...read more
What’s Keeping Producing Countries From Growing Coffee Consumption?
Increasing the volume of internal consumption is something all producing countries can benefit from. However, many of these countries also face several significant barriers, ranging ...read more
The Importance of Growing Consumption in Producing Countries
Countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Guatemala are known for producing quality specialty coffees, sustaining local industries that employ millions and contributing to the economy. Despite ...read more
Exploring The History of Honduran Coffee Production
Honduras is a prolific coffee-producing country, ranking fifth globally in terms of coffee production, in addition to being the largest producer in Central America and ...read more