An Interview with Ahadu Woubshet, owner of Tega & Tula Specialty Coffee Farms
Watch our newest video – a profile of Tega & Tula in Kaffa, Ethiopia.
Bringing two top-scoring lots from ECIEV Venezuelan producer competition to the States!
Cafe Imports Green Buyer Piero Cristiani judged and bid at EICEV 2023, bringing home the 1st place washed and 3rd place anaerobic lots.
Fairtrade International to Raise Price Minimums
Fairtrade International is raising the floor price for Arabica coffees for the first time in over a decade to combat the economic instability that producers face.
Ratnagiri Estate: A New Era of Coffee from India
Meet Ashok Patre, a third-generation producer revolutionizing coffee production and processing in the Karnataka State. Watch our interview with him, and learn more about his farm, Ratnagiri Estates.
Highlighting Carlos Guerra: Legendary Coffee Exchange Participant
Enjoy our interview with Roaster and Honduras Barista Champion Carlos Guerra, who won an Ikawa Pro 50 Sample Roaster through the Legendary Coffee Exchange at the 2023 SCA Expo.
Presenting Purchase Planning: Costa Rica 2023
As a nimble and independently owned importer, we recognize that a roaster’s selections can only be made in advance with real-time information. Our green buying team is passionate about working actively with producers at origin throughout the year and sharing their knowledge and experiences with roasters like you.
Critical Coffee Plant Research Initiative in Congress
An amendment to the 2023 Farm Bill could speed up research of coffee disease resistance.
Watch our web-hosted discussion Special Topics: Anaerobic Fermentation!
Watch our most recent public educational event now, discussing all things anaerobic fermentation in coffee processing. Find out how to be part of the next conversation!
Costa Rica 101 Trip: A Recap
Back in February, a collection of staff, roasters, and baristas went for an educational excursion.
2023 Progress Report: Now Published
A note from Founder and President Andrew Miller introducing our 2023 Progress Report.
SCA Expo 2023 Round-Up!
EXPO is approaching, and this is the round-up of everything we’ve got going on at and around the show! See you in Portland, friends.
About 4 years ago we noticed . . .an international mystery
Ethiopian coffee has always been our favorite, but there has always been a weird reshuffle of the business every few years, usually due to a governmental change triggered by something behind the scenes. We wanted to figure out what was going on this time.
Anaerobic Fermentation
Interest in innovative post-harvest processing styles is building across the coffee supply chain. Producers and consumers are seeing benefits like unique flavor profiles that add value to coffee, help producers, processors, mills, farms, and coffees stand out from the crowd, and help diversify offerings.
What happens when an experimental farm and a micromill work hand in hand for five years?
Finca Juan Martin and Manos Juntas are two different projects, both striving to make coffee production more profitable for producers and consistently delicious for consumers, all under the Banexport umbrella. Banexport is our longstanding partner and friend, sourcing and exporting many of our Cauca, Huila, and Nariño offerings. Their commitment to quality, sustainability, and economic equality for producers is exemplified in their projects, particularly Finca Juan Martin and Manos Juntas.
Break It Down & Brew It Up: Coffee Cascara
When coffee is processed, the layers of skin, fruit, and parchment are broken down and removed, leaving behind the seeds we roast and brew. Those discarded layers once provided life and protection to the seeds, but don’t have to all go to waste. The skin of the coffee cherry can be dried and sold as a singular product called Cascara.
Holiday Closure and Ordering Update
Due to increased holiday shipment demands, we anticipate December to be a challenging month for LTL freight in the United States.
Field Report: Fermentation Training Camp in Risaralda, Colombia with Lucia Solis
At Cafe Imports, we’ve noted a rise in questions about processing, many of which either center around deciphering terminology or what the growing hype about methodology in fermentation and processing means for producers/processors and the coffees they create.
New Compostable Green Coffee Sample Bags
Our new green-coffee sample bags are made from biodegradable plant-based materials and designed to be composted by you. One of our primary values is to decrease our negative impact on the earth at every chance we get, and this is a real-life opportunity to do so. We believe this new packaging is a step in the right direction, but simply sending out a compostable material instead of a plastic material doesn’t mean we’re doing anything better unless these bags actually end up in the compost.
Cauca & Nariño Purchase Planning
We have designed our purchase planning tools with you in mind to make buying coffee with us smoother than ever. By purchase planning, you can make decisions based on the most up-to-date information on current crop offerings with expert guidance from our sales reps working closely with our green buyers at origin.