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Invisible Barriers for Moving Coffee

Caravela at 20: The Journey is Only Getting Started

Certifiably Awesome: Passion and Persistence Turn Promise into Parchment in Mexico

Harvest Arrives, Along with a Pandemic

Minga From Field To Filter: Coffee Reacts and Adapts to the Covid Era

Invisible Barriers for Moving Coffee

Caravela at 20: The Journey is Only Getting Started

Certifiably Awesome: Passion and Persistence Turn Promise into Parchment in Mexico

Harvest Arrives, Along with a Pandemic

Minga From Field To Filter: Coffee Reacts and Adapts to the Covid Era

Mother Nature Turns The Volume Down in Nicaragua

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Invisible Barriers for Moving Coffee

Invisible Barriers for Moving Coffee

Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Process, Coffee Supply Chain, Grant Tennille, Industry Challenges, Podcast, Rory Gowan

Caravela at 20: The Journey is Only Getting Started

Caravela at 20: The Journey is Only Getting Started

Alejandro Cadena, Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Lifestyle, Coffee Quality, Coffee Supply Chain, Colombia, Direct Sourcing, Giancarlo Ghiretti, Impact, Specialty Coffee

Certifiably Awesome: Passion and Persistence Turn Promise into Parchment in Mexico

Certifiably Awesome: Passion and Persistence Turn Promise into Parchment in Mexico

Blogposts, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Process, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Coffee Supply Chain, Direct Sourcing, Education, Fernando Gomez, Mexico, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability, Traceability

Harvest Arrives, Along with a Pandemic

Harvest Arrives, Along with a Pandemic

Alieth Polo, Barista, Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Insights, Coffee Producer, Coffee Roaster, Coffee Supply Chain, Colombia, Ecuador, Industry Challenges, Infographics, Peru

Minga From Field To Filter: Coffee Reacts and Adapts to the Covid Era

Minga From Field To Filter: Coffee Reacts and Adapts to the Covid Era

Barista, Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Insights, Coffee Lifestyle, Coffee Supply Chain, Green Coffee Buyer, Industry Challenges, Podcast

Mother Nature Turns The Volume Down in Nicaragua

Mother Nature Turns The Volume Down in Nicaragua

Blogposts, Climate Change, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Juan Antonio Gomez, Nicaragua, Physical Quality

LOTSA Potential: The Long-Term Supply Agreement as a Tool for Financial Stability and Building Relationships

LOTSA Potential: The Long-Term Supply Agreement as a Tool for Financial Stability and Building Relationships

Blogposts, Coffee Producer, Coffee Roaster, Direct Sourcing, Relationship, Rich Futrell, Sustainability, Traceability, Transparency

Progress in a Picture-Perfect Coffee Setting

Progress in a Picture-Perfect Coffee Setting

Blogposts, Carlos de Valdenebro, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Lifestyle, Ecuador, Education, Galapagos, Physical Quality

The Price and Value of Consistency

The Price and Value of Consistency

Anthony Auger, Blogposts, Coffee Quality, Consistency, Physical Quality, Traceability, Transparency

Looking Back and Leaping Forward

Looking Back and Leaping Forward

Alejandro Cadena, Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Insights, Coffee Supply Chain, Education, Innovation, Sustainability

Womxn-Powered Coffee: Why It Matters

Womxn-Powered Coffee: Why It Matters

Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Lifestyle, Coffee Producer, Guest Blogpost, Sustainability, Traceability

Behind the Scenes in Peruvian Coffee

Behind the Scenes in Peruvian Coffee

Ana Sofia Narvaez, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Insights, Coffee Process, Coffee Producer, Coffee Supply Chain, Miguel Sanchez, Peru, Podcast

Unpoppable Opportunities for the Future

Unpoppable Opportunities for the Future

Blogposts, Coffee Lifestyle, Impact, Marisabel Vasquez, Sustainability

Equipping the Equipo: Playing to win in Guatemala and El Salvador

Equipping the Equipo: Playing to win in Guatemala and El Salvador

Blogposts, Carlos Morales, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Supply Chain, Drying Coffee, Education, El Salvador, Guatemala

Agronomy to Keep the Microlots Coming

Agronomy to Keep the Microlots Coming

Blogposts, Coffee Process, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Coffee Supply Chain, Direct Sourcing, Education, Podcast, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes, Sustainability

Evolution in a Land of Revolution

Evolution in a Land of Revolution

Blogposts, Coffee Process, Drying Coffee, Education, Industry Challenges, Nicaragua, Specialty Coffee

Cupping as Meditation

Cupping as Meditation

Blogposts, Coffee Lifestyle, Rory Gowan

Origin Revelations

Origin Revelations

Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Insights, Coffee Supply Chain, Direct Sourcing, Industry Challenges, Podcast, Rich Futrell, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes

Avoiding the Poverty Trap: Choosing Stories Instead of Emotional Marketing

Avoiding the Poverty Trap: Choosing Stories Instead of Emotional Marketing

Blogposts, Coffee Lifestyle, Coffee Marketing, Industry Challenges, Marisabel Vasquez, Transparency

I’ve Bean Everywhere, Man

I’ve Bean Everywhere, Man

Blogposts, Coffee Lifestyle, Matt Kolb

Have Yourself a Mara Little Christmas

Have Yourself a Mara Little Christmas

Ali Johnston, Blogposts, Coffee Quality, Coffee Roaster, Specialty Coffee

All Roads Lead to Coffee

All Roads Lead to Coffee

Blogposts, Coffee Producer, Podcast, Relationship, Rory Gowan

How Coffee can Complement Food

How Coffee can Complement Food

Badi Bradley, Blogposts, Coffee Insights, Coffee Roaster, Innovation

Building Projects at Origin

Building Projects at Origin

Blogposts, Coffee Producer, Coffee Roaster, Direct Sourcing, Education, Green Coffee Buyer, Innovation, Salome Puentes, Sustainability

A Take on Long Standing Relationships

A Take on Long Standing Relationships

Podcast, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes

Shining a Light on Defect Detection: How a $9 UV torch could be one of the best investments for the coffee value chain

Shining a Light on Defect Detection: How a $9 UV torch could be one of the best investments for the coffee value chain

Blogposts, Coffee Insights, Coffee Quality, Drying Coffee, Education, Physical Quality

Coffee: Culture or Business?

Coffee: Culture or Business?

Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Insights, Coffee Supply Chain, Guest Blogpost, Industry Challenges, Pricing

Café: ¿Cultura o Negocio?

Café: ¿Cultura o Negocio?

Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Insights, Coffee Supply Chain, Guest Blogpost, Industry Challenges, Pricing

How Gesha Ruined Coffee

How Gesha Ruined Coffee

Podcast, Relationship, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes

A Study on Costs of Production in Latin America

A Study on Costs of Production in Latin America

Alejandro Cadena, Blogposts, White paper

Fermentation Experiments in Nicaragua – How We Managed to Go from RTB to AAA

Fermentation Experiments in Nicaragua – How We Managed to Go from RTB to AAA

Blogposts, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Process, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Education, Innovation, Physical Quality

Constantly Adapting to Change

Constantly Adapting to Change

Blogposts, Carlos Morales, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Process, Coffee Supply Chain, Education, Innovation, Relationship

Mind the Gap: A Growing Gray Area Between Market and Production

Mind the Gap: A Growing Gray Area Between Market and Production

Ana Sofia Narvaez, Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Coffee Roaster, Direct Sourcing, Industry Challenges, Relationship

How SHE Makes the Difference at Origin

How SHE Makes the Difference at Origin

Podcast, Relationship, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes

Embracing Technology to Create New Pathways in Coffee

Embracing Technology to Create New Pathways in Coffee

Blogposts, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Supply Chain, Innovation, Luz Carime Gomez, Sustainability

Forward Contracting to Secure Quality, Quantity and Relationships

Forward Contracting to Secure Quality, Quantity and Relationships

Anthony Auger, Blogposts, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Roaster, Direct Sourcing, Forecasting, Relationship, Specialty Coffee, Traceability, Transparency

Colectivos in Central America

Colectivos in Central America

Ana Sofia Narvaez, Podcast, Relationship, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes

Caravela Sponsors Seven Small-holder Coffee Producers to attend the Producer and Roaster Forum in Guatemala

Caravela Sponsors Seven Small-holder Coffee Producers to attend the Producer and Roaster Forum in Guatemala

Alejandro Cadena, Blogposts, Coffee Producer, Coffee Roaster, Direct Sourcing, Education, Guatemala, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability

Colombian Specialty Coffee Scene. A Perspective from Café Quindío

Colombian Specialty Coffee Scene. A Perspective from Café Quindío

Blogposts, Coffee Challenges, Coffee Insights, Coffee Roaster, Guest Blogpost, Specialty Coffee

Introducing Collectivos in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico

Introducing Collectivos in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico

Podcasting Origin

Podcasting Origin

Podcast, Relationship, Rory Gowan, Salome Puentes

A Heated Comparison: Ikawa vs Probat

A Heated Comparison: Ikawa vs Probat

Coffee Sampling Increases Farmers Profitability Opportunities

Coffee Sampling Increases Farmers Profitability Opportunities

Blogposts, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Relationship

2018 Belgravia Experimentation Series: Cherry Ripening

2018 Belgravia Experimentation Series: Cherry Ripening

Caravela From a Newcomer’s View

Caravela From a Newcomer’s View

Impact Report 2018

Impact Report 2018

Water Activity: Predictive insights Changing Processes and Profits

Water Activity: Predictive insights Changing Processes and Profits

Blogposts, Coffee Quality, Education, Innovation, Rory Gowan

Blending Experience with Passion in Mesoamerica

Blending Experience with Passion in Mesoamerica

Blogposts, Carlos Morales, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Supply Chain, Direct Sourcing, Education, El Salvador, Employee, Guatemala, Industry Challenges, Relationship

Coffee in Galapagos: Evolving To Thrive

Coffee in Galapagos: Evolving To Thrive

Alieth Polo, Blogposts, Coffee Harvest, Coffee Producer, Coffee Quality, Ecuador, Education, Sustainability

The Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide – Setting the Bar on Prices

The Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide – Setting the Bar on Prices

Alejandro Cadena, Blogposts, Coffee Insights, Industry Challenges, Pricing, Sustainability, Transparency

Arriving at a price

Arriving at a price

Blogposts, Coffee Insights, Coffee Producer, Coffee Roaster, Giancarlo Ghiretti, Pricing

Rich Farmer, Poor Farmer

Rich Farmer, Poor Farmer

Low Prices, Risky Times

Low Prices, Risky Times

Blogposts, Coffee Insights, Coffee Producer, Education, Industry Challenges, Luis Guillermo Cortes, Pricing, Sustainability

Making it Work as Well as it Can

Making it Work as Well as it Can

Blogposts, Coffee Efficiency, Coffee Roaster, Coffee Supply Chain, Green Coffee Buyer, James Gibbs

Discovering the Source

Discovering the Source

Blogposts, Coffee Supply Chain, Direct Sourcing, Education, Joanna Lawson, Pricing, Relationship, Traceability, Transparency

A Mutual Evolution: Caravela Nicaragua’s William Ortiz, on helping people grow coffee, and how coffee helps people grow

A Mutual Evolution: Caravela Nicaragua’s William Ortiz, on helping people grow coffee, and how coffee helps people grow

Blogposts, Education, Employee, Impact, Nicaragua, William Ortiz

The High Price of Getting the Best from Ecuador

The High Price of Getting the Best from Ecuador

Blogposts, Carlos de Valdenebro, Coffee Insights, Coffee Producer, Ecuador, Galo Morales, Ivan Rengifo, Relationship, Sustainability

Victims of Exchanging Currencies – Who Should Take on this Risk?

Victims of Exchanging Currencies – Who Should Take on this Risk?

Blogposts, Coffee Insights, Coffee Producer, Giancarlo Ghiretti, Industry Challenges, Pricing

A Pilgrimage to the Future

A Pilgrimage to the Future

Anthony Auger, Blogposts, Coffee Producer, Colombia, Education, Impact, Sustainability

Why We’re Investing in World Coffee Research?

Why We’re Investing in World Coffee Research?

The Making of a Champion

The Making of a Champion

Anthony Auger, Barista, Blogposts, Coffee Quality, Coffee Roaster, Education

Peru, an Unpolished Diamond in Coffee Production

Peru, an Unpolished Diamond in Coffee Production

Investing in Education: Investing in People

Investing in Education: Investing in People

How Roasters Can Influence the Supply Chain

How Roasters Can Influence the Supply Chain

Aromas: More than Just a Coffee Competition

Aromas: More than Just a Coffee Competition

FOB vs. EXW – Two Buying/Shipping Methods for Your Green Coffee

FOB vs. EXW – Two Buying/Shipping Methods for Your Green Coffee

Checking Your Cultural Bias at the Door

Checking Your Cultural Bias at the Door

Sample Roasting vs. Profile Roasting

How to Keep Records of your Costs of Production?

How to Keep Records of your Costs of Production?

Why and How to Estimate Costs of Production in a Coffee Farm?

Why and How to Estimate Costs of Production in a Coffee Farm?

Supply Chain Logistics – The Clockwork of Coffee

Supply Chain Logistics – The Clockwork of Coffee

1st SEMESTER HARVEST 2018 SURVEY

1st SEMESTER HARVEST 2018 SURVEY

Forecasting Green Coffee Purchasing

Forecasting Green Coffee Purchasing

From Origin, With Love

From Origin, With Love

2017 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report

2017 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report

How Joe Coffee and the Guarnizo family work together to ensure everyone wins

How Joe Coffee and the Guarnizo family work together to ensure everyone wins

What is specialty Coffee

What is specialty Coffee

2016 Belgravia Fermentation Experiments

2016 Belgravia Fermentation Experiments

Alejandro Cadena, White paper

Impact Report 2017

Impact Report 2017

Impact Report 2016

Impact Report 2016

Drying in Peru: the Final Step in Quality Improvement

Drying in Peru: the Final Step in Quality Improvement

Passion for Coffee: Nicaragua

Passion for Coffee: Nicaragua

Passion for Coffee: Guatemala and Salvador

Passion for Coffee: Guatemala and Salvador

“Despacito”: How Coffee Should Be Dried

“Despacito”: How Coffee Should Be Dried

Why we are a B-Corp

Why we are a B-Corp

Specialty Coffee Thought Leaders: Interview with Alejandro Cadena

Specialty Coffee Thought Leaders: Interview with Alejandro Cadena

Partner Farm Purchasing and How it Impacts Sustainability

Partner Farm Purchasing and How it Impacts Sustainability

Pedro Claros and Has Bean: The Story of a Thousand Samples

Pedro Claros and Has Bean: The Story of a Thousand Samples

How One Roaster Can Impact a Whole Community

How One Roaster Can Impact a Whole Community

FOB vs: EXW – Two Buying/Shipping Methods for Your Green Coffee

FOB vs: EXW – Two Buying/Shipping Methods for Your Green Coffee

When is it time to harvest?

When is it time to harvest?

Just In Time Inventory

Just In Time Inventory

Baristas Are Your Final QC Check

Baristas Are Your Final QC Check

Spectrum Purchasing and How it Impacts Sustainability

Spectrum Purchasing and How it Impacts Sustainability

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