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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. Buyers want more origin proof and faster answers at the same time on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run looks...
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...
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. Customs documentation errors are smaller now and somehow more expensive forum talk makes it sound...
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...
My confusion with origin quality control before loading is that the idea makes sense on paper, but practical execution looks much less clean. The more I ask around, the more I hear opposite...
Recently I have been discussing choosing first shipment size with a new importer with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Logistics resilience is starting to matter as much as cupping quality in repeat business on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say...
Recently I have been discussing sharing partial containers for coffee shipments with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Contract language around quality disputes is still softer than the money involved forum talk makes it...
I want to hear real field experience about payment terms with a new exporter. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some people around me...