Tools: The Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide | Green Coffee Summit
There are big questions facing specialty coffee sellers and buyers.
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According to numerous studies in different coffee-producing countries, prices paid for green specialty coffees often do not cover the full cost of production, let alone support thriving livelihoods for farmers and their families. Unless price discovery moves beyond reliance on commodity price references, farmers cannot expect these prices to evolve in ways that make them excited about continuing to invest in their farms to remain in the industry. As such, more and more farms will struggle to find a next generation to take over. This makes buyers increasingly concerned about future supplies of the different coffees that are needed to push the industry forward.
The Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide anonymizes and aggregates data from more than 50,000 coffee contracts. This data provides context for coffee price negotiations based on quality scores, and volumes purchased and country of origin, and is useful for anyone who wants to learn more about specialty coffee pricing.
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Note: Any initiatives like these that make use of shared cost or pricing information should not be undertaken without the advice of expert antitrust/monopoly council, as US and EU competition laws and directives can create significant risks in this area. Although it’s tempting to argue that supporting a buying price is fundamentally different to supporting a selling price, current case law does not support this distinction, even within the context of specialty coffee: many existing initiatives currently function within “grey” areas of antitrust/monopoly law. Thank you to our Partners Sustainable Harvest, Sucafina Specialty, Algrano, Atlas Coffee Importers, and InterAmerican for your generous support.
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