Resources

Five things you can do now to reduce supply chain uncertainty

This May, Algrano hosted an Instagram Live with Mario Alarcon and Christian Starry of The Guat Lab in Guatemala. The main topic of discussion was supply chain uncertainty. The coffee industry continues to struggle with retail disruptions caused by the pandemic, which in turn led to great supply chain volatility. Though it can be hard to find a silver lining in all this, COVID has had an unexpected equalizing effect. Suddenly, we were all in the same boat.
published 4 months ago

• Guatemala

What’s happening with the price of coffee in Brazil - and what you can do about it

“Why are Brazilian coffees more expensive this year?” roasters asked. To answer this question, we spoke to our long term partners at SanCoffee in Campos das Vertentes, Minas Gerais, to give roasters a quick update about what’s going on on the ground. 
published 4 months ago

• Brazil

It’s OK to say no. It’s not OK to say nothing: Takeaways from the Mexico virtual trip

The Ensambles team is young and extremely committed to their work with farmers. When speaking to them, there is no brushing the hard stuff under the rug. Here are our main takeaways from the discussion, from bad prices and systems which keep farmers ignorant to the need to share feedback and market information.
published 5 months ago

• Mexico

From home gardens to your roastery: a bouquet of Ethiopian coffees

Ethiopian coffees taste like flowers and we all love them for it. So we decided to prepare a selection of floral coffees for you to highlight the different flowers you can find in each cup.
published 7 months ago

• Ethiopia

Six outstanding coffees from amazing female producers

Discover coffees produced by women. Support female coffee production.
published 6 months ago

Beyond cup scores and blind cuppings: insights from the El Salvador virtual tour

Female coffee producers, asymmetry of information in the coffee industry, and a virtual tour of El Salvador
published 5 months ago

• El Salvador

All coffee orders in one screen - Your new orders dashboard is here!

"Welcome to your new orders dashboard at Algrano! We’ve been working hard to update your green coffee management experience. Following feedback from roasters, we decided to make it easier than ever to have an overview of all your orders and see exactly what you need to do to manage your coffee on Algrano."
published 6 months ago

Take Control of Your Supply Chain With The New Sourcing Planner

Have you seen the new sourcing planner on Algrano? It first appeared on your dashboard in February and allowed roasters create their own sourcing calendar for origins they are interested in. Now you can tailor it to your needs even more and follow only specific growers or coffee profiles and see the ordering and shipping windows this year.
published 4 months ago

The ‘best of origin’ in the new origin pages on the Algrano platform

Find harvest updates, history of the origin, Algrano timelines and highly recommended coffee lots in one place.
published 5 months ago

Weird and wonderful: a list of unusual Colombian coffees

As a roaster, if you love variety, you couldn’t choose a better time to be alive and to drink coffee. With this in mind, we selected a few lots from Colombia that we would call “unusual”.
published 6 months ago

• Colombia

Proving the forecasts wrong: Algrano 2020 numbers revealed

Because transparency is at the core of Algrano, we decided to share the relationship between our 2020 budget, the forecast and the year end numbers with you. Let’s face the facts.
published 7 months ago

Join our virtual origin trip to Colombia

Stuck at home? Join Algrano's origin trip to Colombia!
published 8 months ago

• Colombia