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Producer Spotlight: Vohora Family

I think I first met Neel Vohora in Chicago in a blizzard during the winter of 2008. He wore khaki shorts and a Stetson style hat and I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it all. Neel and I have spent a little more time together since that day nearly a decade ago, kicking […]
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  • 直接贸易下的供应链

    直接贸易下的供应链

    …或者供应链条将我们联系在一起 在2008年到2015年之间，我一直往返于巴西东非的各个咖啡农场之间，尝尝需要跨越几个时区。但这段时间的付出完全是值得的，让我有机会直接和专业的咖啡生产者们面对面的沟通，获得对于咖啡的第一手资料和知识。 这种面对面的沟通对于双方的相互了解非常有利，也更有利于建立贸易间的透明性。直到现在我还和那些咖啡种...

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  • Directing Trade Through the Supply Chain

    Directing Trade Through the Supply Chain

    …or The (Supply) Chain Will Keep Us Together Between 2008 and 2015, I lost weeks of my life to layovers and time zone changes travelling between the United States and coffee farms in Brazil and East Africa. It was 100% worth the time I can’t have back: the opportunity to meet and speak with international […]

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  • Green Coffee Analytics part III – Visual Defects

    This week we’re back on the grading table, this time focusing our attention on visual defects in green coffee. In many ways, green coffee defects share some similarities with screen size. They both impact the way coffee roasts and tastes and equally can have financial ramifications in terms of contract approvals and the value of […]

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