News and Updates

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.

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

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,

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.

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

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

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. 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

Did you know, some of the most special coffees are sourced in advance? You might have heard about many special Project Origin lots but never seen them on our product list. That’s because a big percentage of what we source is sold to roasters who pre-plan their stock before it gets to the product list. If you are looking for something specific or something you consistently need in your blends, talk to your green bean sales representative.

It’s been a wild few months in the global coffee market, and yes, that’s considering the last two years have been pretty wild! So we wanted to share an update with you about what is happening with, and how you can prepare for, two major elements of the specialty coffee supply chain.