Showing 11 roaster resources

    • Blog

    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 almost 3 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Harvest report

    The impact of frost and drought on Brazilian coffee in 2021

    Brazil has faced severe drought since September 2020. This led to higher percentages of malformed beans and screen sizes below 16. Selection and dry-milling will keep defects from reaching roasters but have reduced farms’ productivity.
    published almost 3 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Interview

    Meet the farmer: Alessandro Hervaz talks about the Brazilian harvest and his approach to naturals

    Learning how to cup skyrocketed Brazilian farmer Alessandro Hervaz’ journey in coffee. He followed his palate and decided to innovate on post-harvest practices. This lead him to place amongst the 8 best in two consecutive editions of Cup of Excellence. With a simple change, Alessandro says he can remove astringency from unripe cherries and minimize the negative consequences of a difficult harvest.
    published over 4 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Research
    • Case study

    Brazil: Why Is Organic Coffee Rare?

    This is a complete guide to the context of organic coffee production in Brazil. It also introduces the partnership of APAS Coffee in the South of Minas Gerais and Kaffeemacher in Switzerland.
    published over 1 year ago

    • Brazil
    • Harvest report

    Brazil 2023 Coffee Harvest: The Country Is Back to Business

    After six months of poor export volumes, coffee trading is warming up in Brazil. With more volume on offer, it should be easier for roasters to source the coffees they need with more room to talk prices. It’s a buyers’ market.
    published 10 months ago

    • Brazil
    • 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. 
    published over 3 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Case study

    How Bell Lane Coffee built a relationship with Canta Galo Farm from a 3 bag order

    New to direct sourcing? Read Niko's story. The Irish roaster exchanged messages with Brazilian producer Heron on Algrano and quickly connected. Now in the second year of their relationship, Bell Lane contracted 160 bags and secured their favourite micro-lot before the harvest even started…
    published over 2 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Blog

    How to break the link between specialty and the C-price & other questions roasters are asking

    Understand the reactions triggered by the increase in the C-price, how producers in Brazil and Peru are responding to it and get sound advice from our sales manager Toom Booth.
    published over 2 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Peru
    • Harvest report

    Harvest News May 2022

    Learn about what's happening in Brazil, Rwanda, Peru, Colombia and Indonesia and get ready to source great coffees!
    published almost 2 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Colombia
    • Indonesia
    • Peru
    • Rwanda
    • Case study

    Sourcing direct from a small farmer in Brazil helps this roaster thrive

    Kaffehaus built his coffee shop & roastery around stories, moving away from the “quality lab” look and reclaiming the original role of coffee houses. The roastery’s relationship with Capadócia Coffee is key to making that work.
    published almost 2 years ago

    • Brazil
    • Trends
    • Blog

    Discover Conilon, the Brazilian Canephora that Is in High Demand

    Similar to Robusta, Conilon has been produced in Espírito Santo since the 1970s. It used to be dried for only six hours, hence the poor quality. Now, producers improved their picking of ripe cherries and started drying their coffee more gently, for longer periods of time.
    published 10 months ago

    • Brazil