News and Updates
We are constantly evolving and innovating in our projects to better the world as we see it through specialty coffee. Find out what we are up to this month at Project Origin.
Nitrogen Processed Coffee at WOC Dubai 2025
Yanina showcased Nitrogen flushed coffees at World of Coffee Dubai in 2025 using the Nucleus Link. Here’s how she went.
World Coffee Market in 2025
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.
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?
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
International Coffee Day 2023
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,
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
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
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
Orijem Timor
Timor-Leste’s specialty coffee industry is being put on the map with coffee production partnership, Orijem Timor, connecting farmers in Timor-Leste to global markets, and we couldn’t be more proud to
Direct Trade
Direct Trade. A term that we have come to know exists but as consumers we may not understand it in its entirety. The purpose of direct trade is to provide