Coffee Bean Industry

Why Is Custom Packaging Size Flexibility Important for Distributors?

May 28, 2026

I received a panicked email from a distributor in Toronto last November. He had just landed a new account—a small…

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May 28, 2026

Three years ago, I planted 20 hectares of a new Catimor hybrid on our Baoshan farm. It was a calculated…

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May 28, 2026

I made a mistake early on that cost me a grocery buyer relationship I had spent six months building. The…

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May 28, 2026

I almost lost a hotel chain contract two years ago because of a grinder. The client needed whole bean coffee…

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May 28, 2026

I lost a container of coffee once. Not literally. The ship did not sink. The coffee did not get stolen.…

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May 27, 2026

Last year, Mark from Portland emailed me with a question I hear almost every week. "I want to start a…

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May 27, 2026

I received an email last March from a roaster in Copenhagen that stopped me mid-scroll. He had been buying our…

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May 27, 2026

I was cupping at a public event in Seattle two years ago. A customer picked up a sample of our…

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May 27, 2026

Two years ago, a client of ours—a roastery chain with nine locations in Texas—called me in a panic. They had…

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May 27, 2026

I was sitting in a co-roasting facility in Brooklyn last spring, talking to an owner who runs six locations across…

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