Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 4

Part 4: Not Just What You Pay, But How You Buy Historically, many have viewed importers as middlemen, a gateway through which coffee passes on its way from the farmer…

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New Fruits You Should Try: Nariño and Inzá

April 25, 2019

If you haven’t bought Colombian coffee from us yet, the time is now. We have delicious, versatile coffees from Nariño and Inzá on both coasts that shine on the cupping…

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Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 3

April 22, 2019

Part 3: Sustainably Meeting Costs—Why Context Matters More than Numbers Without context on cost of production and other costs throughout the supply chain, the price paid for coffee is just…

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Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 2

April 15, 2019

Part 2: Farmgate, FOB, EXW, and Beyond—Terms for Pricing and the Factors that Complicate Them When people in the coffee industry talk about green coffee pricing, they use a variety…

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Three Forests: The Guji Uraga Story

April 15, 2019

At some of Ethiopia’s most extreme altitudes lies Guji’s Uraga region, a dense, mountainous forest that spans almost a thousand miles. Within this huge forest lie three smaller forests, and…

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Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 1

April 8, 2019

Part 1: Paying for Coffee—It’s Complicated “How much did the producer get paid for this coffee?” This is a question we’re excited to be hearing more of. Thanks to an…

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Newsletter: Ethiopia Agaro 2019

March 4, 2019

Agaro’s Back and it’s Better than Ever It’s time to get excited about Ethiopia, and right now it’s all about the coffees we have coming in from Agaro—not just because…

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Newsletter: Ethiopia Guji Uraga

August 31, 2017

We all know the highest grown coffees at altitude are the last to ripen, meaning they’re most often last in the queue at the dry mill, and they’re the last…

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Newsletter: Secure Source: Rwanda

August 8, 2017

Rwanda makes up a smaller portion of the total volume of coffee that we buy at Red Fox, but in many ways it represents best the potential for the work…

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Newsletter: Secure Source: Peru

August 8, 2017

Peru is our fastest-growing origin in terms of project development and coffee procurement, and it’s what we think about when we think of the future of Red Fox. As of…

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