Coffee Bean Industry

What Is the Impact of the Chinese Yuan Exchange Rate on Coffee Imports?

April 23, 2026

I was negotiating a multi-container contract with a European buyer a few years ago. We had agreed on the price…

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April 23, 2026

I received a panicked email from a roaster last October. He was a good client. He had built a successful…

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April 23, 2026

I remember the first time a U.S. buyer asked me for a "USDA Organic" certificate for our Yunnan coffee. I…

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April 22, 2026

I learned a painful lesson about packaging early in my export career. I shipped a container of beautiful Baoshan Arabica…

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April 22, 2026

I get a lot of connection requests on LinkedIn. Some are from serious buyers. Some are from random trading companies…

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April 22, 2026

I was at a private label trade show in Chicago last fall. I walked the aisles and looked at the…

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April 22, 2026

I once had a buyer send me a sample of a coffee he was buying from another supplier. It was…

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April 22, 2026

I was talking to a roaster in Austin, Texas. It was July. His biggest problem was not sourcing. It was…

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April 22, 2026

I remember a call from a roaster in Seattle. He was excited. He had just landed a big wholesale account.…

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April 21, 2026

I had a client—a large hotel chain in Europe—who was desperate. Their afternoon and evening coffee sales were flat. Customers…

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