Paying for Coffee: Guadalupe Miramar
Published 05/28/2020 In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a sourcing company buy coffee, as well as how to discuss it. While that…
Read MoreFOB is An Exporting Metric, Not A Farmgate Benchmark
Published 04/16/2020 FOB price has become a popular metric for assessing whether a producer was paid fairly for their coffee, but what does the FOB (or free on board)…
Read MorePaying for Coffee: Santuario
Published 04/02/2020 In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a sourcing company buy coffee, as well as how to discuss it. While that…
Read MorePaying for Coffee: Nariño
Published 01/16/2020 In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a sourcing company buy coffee, as well…
Read MorePaying for Coffee: Coopbam, Peru
Published 12/19/2019 In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a sourcing company buy coffee, as well…
Read MorePaying for Coffee: Valle Inca
Published 10/03/2019 In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a sourcing company buy coffee, as well as how to discuss it. While that…
Read MorePaying for Coffee: Inzá
Published 08/01/2019 In our previous series, Paying for Coffee: It’s Complicated, we talked about the various factors that underpin how we as a coffee sourcing company buy coffee, as well…
Read MorePaying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 5
Published 05/06/2019 Part 5: Asking the Right Questions Now that we’ve unpacked context on what goes into pricing coffee, from terms and language to production and operating costs to…
Read MorePaying for Coffee—It’s Complicated: Part 4
Published 04/30/2019 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…
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