udah dua tahun pakai traditional exporter dan satu tahun terakhir nyoba direct trade ke beberapa cooperative di Indonesia. jujur, hasilnya campur-campur. harga memang bisa lebih rendah karena motong...
EU Deforestation Regulation mulai efektif Desember 2025 untuk operator besar, SME dikasih waktu sampai Juni 2026. sudah diundur sekali dari jadwal awal Desember 2024. artinya sekarang tinggal...
ICO pernah publikasi defisit global kopi sekitar 4.1 juta bags di 2021-2022. then Vietnam 2023 kekeringan parah, produksi turun sekitar 20%. arabika C-price Desember 2024 tembus $3.08 per pound...
long story but want to share this because I hope someone can relate or give advice on how to handle. I found a supplier online about 8 months ago. they have professional english website, nice photos...
baca laporan IPCC 2022 kemarin, ada bagian yang ngomongin kemungkinan 50% lahan arabika yang sekarang feasible bakal gak layak lagi buat tanam kopi di 2050. angka itu gede banget kalau dipikir-pikir...
banyak brand sekarang nempel QR code di packaging dan klaim "100% traceable farm to cup". tapi pas dicek, yang bisa diverifikasi itu biasanya cuma sampai level cooperative atau mill, bukan ke petani...
payment terms di perdagangan kopi ekspor itu umumnya Net 60-90 hari dari tanggal shipment. artinya kalau kita ship di bulan Januari, payment baru masuk bulan Maret-April. sementara biaya produksi dan...
I have been buying Indonesian coffee through local importer here in Korea for 3 years. mostly Sumatra Mandheling and some Flores lot. the quality is good but margin from importer is high and I lose...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Some importers want direct farm detail and still do not want longer lead times forum talk makes it...
I want to hear real field experience about using local agents in destination markets. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some people...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Freight quote comparisons still hide the service-quality gap between providers forum talk makes it...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Destination warehouse conditions are still too invisible in many buying conversations on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise...
My confusion with writing buying contracts that avoid quality disputes is that the idea makes sense on paper, but practical execution looks much less clean. The more I ask around, the more I hear...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Ocean freight stopped being the only scary line item and finance teams have not adjusted forum talk...
Recently I have been discussing multi-origin container planning with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the whole workflow. I...
I want to hear real field experience about buyers asking for deeper farmer detail. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some people...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Short-validity quotes are becoming normal because nobody trusts the next week on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Customs documentation errors are smaller now and somehow more expensive forum talk makes it sound...
dari data Dubai Customs 2023, UAE re-export kopi itu udah $220 juta per tahun. DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) punya free trade zone dengan fasilitas storage dan processing yang significant...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Buyers ask for more backup samples because trust is thinner than before forum talk makes it sound...