Resources

• Webinar

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.
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• Mexico

• Webinar
• Blog

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
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• El Salvador

• Product

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."
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• Research
• Trends
• Webinar

Algrano's Market Review - 2021 European Roaster Trends

Download the full report and learn key factors influencing roasters' purchase behaviour, the areas of greatest potential for investment for coffee producers and exporters, communication trends and preferred channels, the price limit that roasters are willing to pay for coffee, regardless of quality, and trends for the year and areas of growth in 2021.
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• Harvest report

Colombia Harvest Report 2021

Colombia is the third-largest producer of coffee in the world and the largest producer of washed Arabica. The country is also a strong producer of specialty coffee. Currently, up to 40% of the country’s exports are traded as specialty translating into better prices for growers. Algrano has developed a strong network of partners in Colombia during multiple visits of our team to the country. Find out how producers faced COVID in 2020 and 2021 by reading our latest report and know how the weather impacted on quality.
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• Colombia

• Harvest report

Ethiopia Harvest Report 2021

Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee and the 5th largest coffee producing country in the world. A year of good weather brought the harvest forward and favoured flowerings and cherry development, filling them with sugars and yielding great coffees. Our Q Grader Veronika Kečkéšová described the new offers as "juicier, cleaner and brighter". Download the harvest report to learn more about this year’s crop.
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• Ethiopia

• Blog
• Trends

To pod or not to pod: 5 tips and coffees to help you embrace the at-home market

The pandemic’s “new normal” has led to dramatic changes in consumption patterns across the entire HoReCa industry. In coffee, quarantine boosted the at-home and single-serve (pods) markets, accelerating a trend that had been slowly growing for a decade.
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• Case study

A digital-first coffee brand: the secret behind GOAT STORY

To explore the power of digital even further, we interviewed Dusan Maticic from Goat Story - the coffee brand that has technology built into their DNA. He told us about multiple unexpected plot twists in the history of the company driven by the team’s passion for technology and good coffee. Read the full interview to learn the brand's story, what brought them to roasting and how digital channels can help a small roastery promote great products and stand out.
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• Blog

Peru 2020 Shortlisted Series: giving Peruvian farmers a second chance

Cup of Excellence (CoE), the largest quality competition for coffee on the globe, is still new to Peruvian farmers. The first edition took place in 2017, only 3 years ago.
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• Peru

• Blog

Why roasters should negotiate prices with growers:  4 tips how to do it

All the coffee lots you find at Algrano have been priced by the producers. All offers made by them are also based on fixed prices, which is nothing unusual when it comes to specialty micro-lots, but not necessarily the norm when it comes to commercial lots, which can also be priced based on differentials. Pricing coffee is a complex topic that relies on the knowledge a producer has of the market beyond the NY rates. Sometimes the pricing is spot on. Sometimes it isn’t. 
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• Case study

“Quality, transparency and the story” - how Langøra builds strong coffee partnerships

Langøra, a Norwegian roastery and an ambassador of Algrano, is a strong proponent of transparency and quality in coffee. Prior to the TRØNDELAG KAFFEFESTIVAL festival we spoke to Kristian Helgesen, the owner of Langøra, and Allan `Botre, BDR  from SanCoffee - a coop from Brazil they’ve built a partnership with via Algrano, about the businesses’ core values and what is the impact of the direct relationship on both sides. 
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• Brazil

• Product

EXW -> FCA: change of Algrano terms

Algrano is happy to announce the migration from EXW to FCA contract terms as of Monday, August 10th, to provide more cost transparency to our customers.
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