The coffee world has been turned upside down since the Covid pandemic. Delivery delays, high coffee prices, challenges for producers, traders and roasters. Add to that frost and drought in Brazil — nothing is the way it was a short time ago. 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 what we've discussed in this podcast. I pick highlights from the conversations and add my own thoughts to them.
What's next?
This podcast will continue in a new round in early summer: then the future of coffee will be at the center — Coffea Futurica.
Thank you very much for the lively discussions, the input and for listening.
We'll 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 includes including everyone. Just as the SCAE thought at least in its early days: from seed to cup."
"As long as we help coffee production continue, we buy more coffee, pay more, and do more and more to make coffee even better, then we're not really helping those who grow coffee, but actually only ourselves."
"We've spoken with the coffee makers about Kleber several times. And every time I'm impressed by how naturally he can say things that others can't. He can do that because he works according to principles, and has been doing so for decades. And especially in uncertain times like now, that pays off. So: for all roasters, that means stable partnerships are always better in an emergency. And normally they are anyway."
