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...
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...
awal 2024, Houthi mulai serang shipping di Laut Merah. dalam waktu singkat, sekitar 15-30% volume container global harus reroute lewat Cape of Good Hope. tambah 2-3 minggu transit, tambah biaya bahan...
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...
pas 2021 itu gila banget, container 40 feet dari Asia ke Eropa bisa nyampe $14,000 lebih. sekarang udah turun, tapi abis Red Sea crisis awal 2024 mulai naik lagi ke kisaran $6,000-8,000 untuk rute...
sudah tiga kali ini dalam setahun terakhir: sample yang dikirim sebelum deal itu cuppingnya solid, tapi waktu full shipment datang dan gue cup lagi, ada perbedaan yang cukup significant. bukan semua...
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...
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...
Rainforest Alliance sekarang punya 1.3 juta lebih farm tersertifikasi globally setelah merge dengan UTZ di 2018. premium yang bisa diklaim itu sekitar $0.20-0.30 per pound di atas harga pasar...
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...
baru cobain Algrano beberapa bulan lalu. platformnya cukup clean, ada 500+ producers terdaftar dari berbagai origin, sekitar 200 roaster active sebagai buyer dari 50+ negara katanya. sebagian besar...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. FX volatility is breaking margin models that looked fine last quarter on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run looks...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Packaging choice is starting to be a brand trust issue, not only logistics issue i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. EUDR-style traceability prep is reshaping coffee paperwork long before shipments move on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Multi-origin planning is harder now that harvest timing feels less predictable forum talk makes it...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Container sharing sounds efficient until quality responsibility gets blurry i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them survive...
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...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Buyers say they want transparency, then disappear when the real constraints show up on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise...