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How to Get the Best Sailing Schedules from China?

August 6, 2026

I once missed a fixed sailing by four hours. Four hours. The container of our washed Arabica was already at…

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August 6, 2026

I once received an email from a buyer in Texas that I'll never forget. He wrote: "I've been burned by…

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August 6, 2026

A few years ago, a roaster in Portland told me something that stuck. He said, "My customers don't just buy…

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August 6, 2026

I used to think moisture content was the only number that mattered. You dry the beans to 11%, you bag…

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August 6, 2026

In 2022, I closed a deal with a roaster in Chicago. We agreed on a price of $3.80 per pound…

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August 6, 2026

I used to think scale was the only story that mattered. Big farm, big volume, big contract. That was the…

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August 6, 2026

I learned a hard lesson about storage in 2016. We had a bumper harvest of washed Arabica. Beautiful beans. Cupping…

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August 6, 2026

I closed my first Alibaba trade back in 2015. A small roaster from Florida bought two pallets of our Yunnan…

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August 6, 2026

Here's a scene that used to make my stomach turn. I'd wake up at 6 AM in Baoshan, grab my…

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August 6, 2026

I still remember the day I lost a 20-ton deal—not because my Catimor beans were bad. They cupped great. But…

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