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What the Ethiopian 2022 Market Paradox Means for Roasters
International prices crashed but local cherry prices are slow to follow. Understand why this is happening and how this will affect the production of fully washed Ethiopian coffee.
published- Ethiopia
Why Blum Kaffee puts relationships before quality
Swiss roaster impressed restaurants and grew in hospitality despite the pandemic. Their secret? A fruity Ethiopian natural produced by Boledu Coffee and a relationship-driven sourcing model that shows their customers what they are really about.
published- Ethiopia
Your Guide to Sourcing and Selling Green Coffee Directly
Download the guide to learn. Producers: about buyers’ needs and how to make offers they can’t resist. Roasters: find out how to communicate and plan, build direct relationships, and access the best lots that never make it to the offer lists.
published- Brazil
- Colombia
- Indonesia
- Ethiopia
- India
- Mexico
- Guatemala
- Peru
- Honduras
- Uganda
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Ecuador
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Bolivia
Ethiopia and Central America Overview 2021-2022
Ethiopian millers are paying the highest ever prices for cherries and Central American co-operatives are fighting tooth and nail to secure supply against aggressive multinational traders. Download the free report to know more from your partners at origin!
published- Ethiopia
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- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
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.
published- Ethiopia
Labelling Yirgacheffe coffee: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
Labelling a coffee as Yirgacheffe is a powerful marketing tool for roasters and as so should be used. However, it should be used carefully. Generic naming can have a negative impact on the country’s reputation. Accurate labelling, on the other hand, can create a positive feedback loop, protecting the value of the Yirgacheffe name and incentivizing quality.
published- Ethiopia
Ethiopia trip report: elections, a new minimum price and big fat cherry prices
This has been a very good season for farmers with high prices encouraging growers. We cupped excellent coffees from our partners who maintain a superb quality standard.
published- Ethiopia