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...
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...
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...
70-75% produksi kopi global itu berasal dari smallholder farmer dengan lahan kurang dari 5 hektar. angka ini dari ICO. tapi kalau kita lihat petani misalnya di Ethiopia dengan rata-rata income $1-3...
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...
optimal storage untuk green coffee itu sekitar 12 bulan. setelah itu, mulai ada flavor degradation yang terasa, biasanya ke arah papery atau woody. tapi gw denger beberapa trader bilang kalau storage...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. Working-capital pressure is pushing even good operators into awkward terms forum talk makes it sound...
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...