Coffee Bean Industry

What Is the Best Packaging for Long Distance Coffee Bean Transport?

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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April 21, 2026

I used to be like most coffee producers. I obsessed over moisture content. "11%? Perfect. Ship it." Then I had…

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April 21, 2026

I once had a buyer call me with a strange complaint. He said, "My customers love your Yunnan coffee, but…

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April 21, 2026

I often get asked by buyers visiting our farm for the first time, "How much coffee can you actually produce…

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