How Does Technical Assistance Affect Coffee Producers?
Climate change and economic instability are major concerns for the coffee supply chain. However, technical assistance could help address this. Agricultural development research has shown...
Sunghee is the co-founder and CEO of Bean Voyage, a feminist organization co-creating a coffee value chain that works for all.
Combating Climate Change’s Impact With Hybrid Coffee Varieties
Changing weather patterns, pests and diseases, deforestation, and rising temperatures are just some of the environmental factors threatening worldwide coffee production. It’s estimated that by...
Understanding The Middle East’s Flourishing Coffee Market
The Middle Eastern coffee market is experiencing a skyrocketing growth in imports and its younger generation is pushing a specialty coffee scene. Yet the region’s...
Sample Roasting: What You Should Be Looking For
Sample roasting will help you decide whether or not to buy green coffee beans, how much they’re worth, and what roast profile you should use....
How to Clean & Maintain Your Coffee Roastery
Cleaning and maintaining your roastery can be a daunting task – not only are there many parts that need upkeep, from the roaster to pipes...
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...
Planning Your New Roastery Site: A Checklist
There’s a lot to consider when you start or expand a coffee roastery: which coffees to stock, how to attract customers, pricing, marketing, hiring employees…...
Coffee Producer Debt Is Growing & It’s Causing Problems
Low coffee prices and spiralling debts have resulted in coffee producers leaving their farms, emigrating to other countries, and more. But how widespread are these...
Why Knowledge of Coffee Origin Matters
Right now, many coffee-producing communities are busy harvesting and processing the crops that you’ll buy, roast, brew, or drink. Seasonal workers migrate to farming regions,...
Tips For Calibrating Palates Between Origin & Consuming Countries
Your team at origin tells you that a coffee has juicy dragon fruit notes and clear potential for the specialty market. But what does a...
A Roaster’s Guide to Green Bean Samples
Green bean samples are essential for roasters, allowing you to make informed purchasing decisions. By knowing the quality and cup profile of a coffee lot,...
5 Questions Roasters Should Ask Their Green Coffee Importer
Purchasing green coffee is no easy task – although it’s certainly an exciting one. From selecting your origins to managing inventory, there are endless considerations....
What Does Blockchain Really Offer Coffee Roasters?
Blockchain has been touted as the key to empowering coffee producers and improving supply chain sustainability in the face of crashing coffee prices – but...
How to Store Roasted Coffee & Prolong Its Freshness
Roasters, you pay careful attention to the quality of your green beans, cupping multiple samples. You then identify the ideal roast profile for them, trying...
A Conversation With Women in Coffee Roasting
Coffee should be for everyone, regardless of gender or ethnicity. But the industry is traditionally dominated by men. That’s changing – for example, 2018 saw...
What Is Coffee Hedging & How Does It Impact Producers?
Coffee trading can seem intimidatingly complicated. You may have heard reference to futures markets and hedging, but do you really know what they are? And...