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What does it mean a "C" coffee price above 200 cts/lb?

7/28/2021

Coffee has reached record prices since 2014 this week. But how does this price increase affect coffee farmers and roasters?

What is the "C" price of coffee?

The coffee commodities market, also known as the "C" Market, is where brokers at the New York Stock Exchange determine the future price of coffee contracts globally every day. By buying or selling these futures contracts, brokers place bets on the expected future value of a certain commodity. Therefore, projections about the future supply and demand of coffee will make possible multiple variations in its price in the present.

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ELECTION DAY IN ETHIOPIA: Why is it important?

6/24/2021

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Cupping coffees without having any origin info, would be nonsense, right? We can't understand a coffee if we do not know its origin and to really know an origin, we must first try to understand its culture, read its history, listen to its music and observe the state of its political system. There's no other way.

It is the same with many other situations in life, everything is a consequence of something anterior, a reaction of a previous action. This "Newtonian" plot is everywhere, and no matter how hard we try to untangle it, hits our unsophisticated sense of perception like an apple falling on one’s head, preventing us from understanding its full scope and impact.

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COFFEE PRICE IN CRISIS: when a problem macro, has a micro solution.

2/14/2019

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“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity" - Albert Einstein

In August of the year 2018, the price of coffee reached levels considered alarming by the majority of those who work in the coffee industry. For the first time in 12 years, the "C" price in New York fell below 100cts/lb. While it is true, the average price of the last 12 years is not much higher than 120cts/lb, this decline generated unprecedented reactions in the specialty coffee world, which we think is positive.

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RESPONSIBLE LOGISTICS AND CONSCIOUS TRAVEL

5/23/2018

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Since time immemorial, people have always travelled and the world has always traded their products. But it is also true that global temperature never rose so fast as in the last 35 years.

If climate change will be held in a temperature increase of 2ºC or less (Aim of the Paris Agreement 2015); By 2050 it is estimated that 40% of all Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions will be caused by ships and airplanes only, if not properly regulated.

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The history of coffee in Indonesia

9/13/2017

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Indonesia was the third country in the world to grow coffee for commercial purposes after Ethiopia and Yemen.

The history of coffee in Indonesia, as in many others producing countries around the world, begins with tales of colonialism, slavery, monopoly and multinational corporations (Yes! The first ones of modern history were set in the early 17th century).

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What does it mean a "C" coffee price above 200 cts/lb?

ELECTION DAY IN ETHIOPIA: Why is it important?

COFFEE PRICE IN CRISIS: when a problem macro, has a micro solution.

RESPONSIBLE LOGISTICS AND CONSCIOUS TRAVEL

The history of coffee in Indonesia

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