Resources

• Case study

Rave Coffee, Old Spike Roasters and the rising popularity of Tanzanian beans

The two roasters describe how their latest Tanzanian single-origins sourced through Algrano were customer favourites with nothing shy from the quality of Kenyan or Ethiopian lots, sustainable farming practices, a good shelf-life with a stable acidity until the last batches and an added bonus: outstanding synergy with milk.
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• Tanzania

• Trends

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.
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• Brazil
• Colombia
• Indonesia
• Ethiopia
• India
• Mexico
• Guatemala
• Peru
• Honduras
• Uganda
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Ecuador
• Tanzania
• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Bolivia

• Trends

Why is best to pre-contract your favourite lots in the early days of the harvest

One of the jobs of green buyers is to win the race for coffee to make sure their roastery has the coffees loved by their customers year after year. Get ahead of the sourcing game and support your suppliers by pre-contracting! You know the saying: the early roaster catches the beans...
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What is direct sourcing? Is it the same thing as direct trade?

Life is too short to discuss what direct trade is, so call it what you want. However, as the industry moves away from the slippery concept, we choose to highlight a sourcing model that is more accurate to what really happens in the supply chain and that gets right the things that direct trade got wrong.
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• Blog

The principles behind Algrano's direct sourcing

To source directly means simply that it is the producers who make you offers when the coffees are still in their possession. The quality, price and samples you get come straight from them. This model has a lot of potential but it is only as ethical as the roaster who embraces it. Below are the principles we endorse to make direct sourcing a tool for positive change.
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• 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…
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• Brazil

• Webinar

Simplifying Direct Sourcing with Cropster

Algrano and Cropster spoke with Hannes Fendrich of Coffee Circle to learn about the challenges, opportunities, and philosophies of direct sourcing from the roaster's perspective. With Hannes, Marcus Young of Cropster and Luiza Furquim of Algrano discuss how technology can improve direct sourcing through traceability, roaster/producer matchmaking, simplified logistics, and transparently sharing quality reports. Hannes shared how his solutions from Cropster and Algrano simplify direct sourcing.
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• Product

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.
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• 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

• 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
• Webinar

Demystifying Digital Relationships - Webinar with Gringo Nordic and Neues Schwarz

Real partnerships between roasters and growers are not only more sustainable, but they are also fun and good for business. This is a recording of a panel discussion on how digital platforms like Algrano can make direct coffee relationships easier and accessible to the players of any size.
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