Coffee Bean Industry

How to Select the Best Coffee for Vending Machines?

March 13, 2026

A distributor from Chicago called me last month. He'd lost three contracts because his vending machine coffee tasted terrible. The…

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March 12, 2026

I learned this lesson the hard way. Three years ago, a buyer from Melbourne emailed me in October. "Steve, we…

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March 12, 2026

A roaster from Seattle called me last week. He'd developed a new blend, dialed in his roast profile, and started…

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March 12, 2026

I still remember the phone call from Hamburg five years ago. A buyer I respected deeply said, "Steve, this shipment…

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March 12, 2026

I stood in our fields last April watching rain fall that shouldn't have fallen. April is dry season in Yunnan.…

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March 12, 2026

A buyer from Amsterdam called me last month. He'd bought a microlot advertised as "experimental anaerobic natural." Cost him triple…

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March 12, 2026

Last year, a roaster from Sydney sent me his lab results. His supplier claimed 85-point coffee. The lab confirmed it.…

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March 11, 2026

A buyer from Vancouver called me last year. He stored our beans in a beautiful warehouse—floor-to-ceiling windows, lots of natural…

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March 11, 2026

Last year, a roaster from Chicago called me. He'd been roasting for 20 years. Great coffee. Loyal local customers. Then…

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March 11, 2026

Last year, I stood in one of our plantations during harvest. The rain came three weeks early. My father, who…

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