Specialty Green Coffee Exporters from Dota Tarrazú — Sourcing for Asia & the Middle East
Most commodity coffee is priced off the “C-price” — the benchmark set by Arabica futures traded on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York. It is a real, useful number, but it was built to price interchangeable commodity coffee, not a specific farm’s specialty lot. The C-Price Is a Floor, Not a Fair Price On top … Read more
A few basic, widely-agreed practices for handling green coffee before you roast it, and roasted coffee after — nothing exotic, just the fundamentals that make the most difference. Storing Green Coffee Keep green coffee in a cool, dry place, out of direct sunlight, ideally in a breathable bag rather than sealed airtight. Green coffee is … Read more
If you roast coffee — at home or in a small roastery — you will eventually choose between two ways to buy green coffee: from a marketplace that sources lots from many different farms, or directly from the farm that grew it. Both exist for good reasons, but they are not the same thing, and … Read more