The coffee world has been turned upside down since the Covid pandemic. Shipment delays, high coffee prices, challenges for producers, traders and roasters. Added to this are frost and drought in Brazil — nothing is the way it was just recently. This podcast is meant to be a compass for everyone in the coffee industry to navigate through the coming months.
In this episode, I look back at everything we've discussed in this podcast. I pick out highlights from the conversations and add my own thoughts to them.
What's next?
This podcast will start a new round in early summer: then the future of coffee will be the focus — Coffea Futurica.
Thank you very much for the lively discussions, the input and for listening.
Talk soon.
"Specialty coffee is neither a protected term nor a laurel to rest on. Rather, specialty coffee is a mandate to do things better. And that means we need to include everyone. The way SCAE thought about it in the early days, at least: from seed, to cup."
"As long as we help keep coffee production going, we buy more coffee, pay more and do more and more to make coffee even better, we're not really helping those who grow coffee, we're actually just helping ourselves."
"We've spoken with Kleber at the coffee makers several times. And I'm always impressed by how naturally he can say things that others can't. He can do that because he works by principles, and has been doing so for decades. And especially in uncertain times like now, that pays off. So for all roasteries, that means stable partnerships are always better in emergencies. And in normal circumstances too."
