Green coffee available on spot will run out. Is your roastery prepared?

Green coffee available on spot will run out. Is your roastery prepared?

The Australian coffee market faces rising wages, inflation, and high input costs, putting pressure on roasters to maintain supply. Some hesitate to contract green beans due to price hikes, but waiting can lead to shortages and higher spot prices. To avoid this, roasters should contract 4-5 months in advance, monitor blend costs, build strong relationships with importers, and understand harvest cycles.

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 […]

International Coffee Day 2023

Hands holding ripe coffee cherries at Santuario Sul in Brazil

You already know – workplace health and safety is important! It is important in every occupation, in every location. Everyone has a right to a safe and healthy working environment, including in the coffee supply chain… including workers, farmers, producers and pickers at a coffee farm. (Surprise, surprise – we’re here to advocate for the […]

Creating Coffee Blends

As coffee lovers we have all had that wow experience where the flavour, the aroma and the texture of a coffee seduced our senses. Hopefully we have had that experience many times.
A big part of achieving this wow factor in blended coffees comes down to the roasters’ choice of beans and understanding the different characteristics of origins as well as processing.

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Calendario de Recolección 2022

¿Sabías que algunos de los cafés mas especiales se obtienen con meses de antelación? Es posible que haya oído hablar de muchos lotes especiales de Project Origin, pero que nunca los haya visto en nuestra lista de productos. Esto se debe a que un gran porcentaje de lo que obtenemos se vende a tostadores que planifican previamente sus existencias antes de que lleguen a la lista de productos.Si busca algo específico o algo que necesita constantemente en sus blends, hable con su representante de ventas de granos verdes.

Mercado Mundial del Café

Han sido unos meses salvajes en el mercado mundial del café, ¡y sí, teniendo en cuenta que en sí los dos últimos años han sido bastante salvajes! Así que queríamos compartir con ustedes una actualización sobre lo que está sucediendo y cómo pueden prepararse en dos de los principales elementos de la cadena de suministro de cafés de especialidad.