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The Green Coffee Direct Sourcing 2024-25 Calendar
Plan for a great year ahead and unlock some of the unique benefits of working directly with producers who sell through Algrano.
published about 2 months ago- Brazil
- Vietnam
- Colombia
- Indonesia
- Ethiopia
- India
- Mexico
- Guatemala
- Peru
- Honduras
- Uganda
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Ecuador
- Tanzania
- Kenya
New Ethiopian Coffee Harvest: Price, Quality & What to Expect in 2024
New pricing initiatives, bank challenges affecting cherry prices, washed coffee shortages are expected. Algrano to collect samples in Jan for quicker processing.
published 5 months ago- Ethiopia
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 over 1 year ago- 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 about 2 years ago- 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 over 2 years ago- 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 over 2 years ago- Ethiopia
- Mexico
- 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 over 3 years ago- 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 about 4 years ago- 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 about 4 years ago- Ethiopia