World Coffee Market in 2025

Coffee Cherries at Santuario Sul coffee farm in Brazil

The price of coffee is going up. It’s helpful to understand why. Let’s touch the surface on what’s impacting the price, and then see what you can do about it to keep specialty coffee in your mugs.

What does ‘fresh harvest’ mean?

Green coffee beans in parchment

When you say you want ‘fresh harvest coffee’, how fresh are you talking? And how old are you willing to use? Whilst we all desire to work with fresh crop lots and revel in its vibrancy, are you aware that your access to ‘fresh crop’ may not be as ‘fresh’ as you think, making it […]

Prepayment Plans at Origin

Coffee varietal Hybrido de Timor cherries ripe on tree Timor-Leste

Project Origin, in 2023, is implementing prepayment plans for the farmers who pick cherries for the Thageini Washing Station in Kenya. Over the upcoming years, we will see the differences the advanced payments can make to the community, and we will report back with the results. Here is everything to know about prepayment plans. What […]

Sustainability in Rwanda

“Supporting women is to support all nations” Nova Coffee in Rwanda, founded and managed by the wonderful Agnes Mukamushinja, began as a family business in 2015. Since that time, they have grown in size, maturity and understanding for how to best empower the lives of all in the community. The business uses coffee agriculture to […]

Ageing Green Beans

Ordering coffee to last a year’s worth of roasting It is important to know your harvesting calendar. Most origins will harvest their cherries only once per year. This means that you have one opportunity every twelve months to secure lots from that origin, and those lots will last you until they undertake the next harvest. […]

Sostenibilidad en El Árbol

Coffee farm El Arbol managed by Claudia Lovo and Project Origin used as a processing base for Bridazul

In 2015, Saša Šestić and Claudia Lovo teamed up to purchase land in Dipilto, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. This land was previously used to grow commercial grade coffee trees, and both Saša and Claudia believed that they could convert it to producing high quality, specialty grade coffee. This farm was called El Árbol, after the giant […]

orijem timor

Coffee varietal Hybrido de Timor cherries ripe on tree Timor-Leste

La industria del café de especialidad de Timor-Leste se está poniendo en el mapa con la asociación de producción de café, Orijem Timor, que conecta a los agricultores de Timor-Leste con los mercados globales, y no podríamos estar más orgullosos de participar. Junto con nuestros socios, estamos trabajando para compartir y cultivar cafés especiales de la hermosa Timor-Leste de una manera sostenible y progresiva […]

Comercio Directo

Comercio Directo. Existe un término que hemos llegado a conocer pero, como consumidores, es posible que no lo entendamos en su totalidad. El propósito del comercio directo es brindar apoyo a lo largo de toda la cadena de suministro. Al comprar directamente a los productores que cultivan el café, los tostadores pueden compartir una mejor […]

Biocarbón – David Ngibuini

Young Coffee Producer David Ngibuini at his farm Maguta Estate in Kenya

El biocarbón se produce de forma natural y orgánica y puede ayudar a mejorar las cualidades del suelo, así como a limpiar la atmósfera de nuestra Tierra. Nuestro amigo David Ngibuini de Maguta Estate, Kenia, está haciendo su propio biocarbón para mejorar los cafetos y los rendimientos, y le preguntamos cómo se las arregla para hacerlo.