Tools
Who is buying specialty coffee? Which markets are growing? Which are shrinking and stagnating? Macro-level trends data and individual success stories are both important tools to help inform green coffee buying and selling strategies.
Market Reports
In 2019, Colombia-based Azahar Coffee Company launched “A Sustainable Coffee Buyer’s Guide” to address the information asymmetry between green coffee buyers and sellers over the value of coffee.
This session pairs high-quality national data with the personal experiences of specialty coffee professionals for an overview of coffee consumption in North America in 2022: who is drinking coffee, how their preferences are changing, and which companies are growing fastest to meet that demand.
The Algrano market report is a once-annual analysis of coffee sourcing and production trends, and to date has focused on the European market. Over the course of one hour, the panelists discuss how the trends they identified at the end of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022 have evolved over the course of the past year, and they provide insight into what these evolutions might mean for the coffee sector going forward.
This session paired high-quality national data with the personal experiences of specialty coffee professionals for an overview of coffee consumption in the UK and Europe in 2022: who is drinking coffee, how their preferences are changing, and which companies are growing fastest to meet that demand.
The purpose of this report is to give a broad overview of the South Korean coffee market and the value of select segments therein, as well as indicate trends across both out-of-home and at-home coffee consumption. This overview can give insight into how the South Korean coffee environment is changing over time, and how coffee is consumed in this important market
El objetivo de este informe es ofrecer una visión amplia del mercado de café en Corea del Sur y el valor de determinados segmentos del mismo, así como indicar las tendencias del consumo de café tanto en el sector fueradel- hogar como en el dentro-del-hogar. Este resumen general puede dar insumos sobre cómo el entorno de café en Corea del Sur está cambiando a lo largo del tiempo, y cómo se consume el café en este importante mercado
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Korea Coffee Market Overview 2021
The purpose of this report is to give a broad overview of the South Korean coffee market and the value of select segments therein, as well as indicate trends across both out-of-home and at-home coffee consumption. This overview can give insight into how the South Korean coffee environment is changing over time, and how coffee is consumed in this important market →
UN INFORME *NUEVO*
Resumen del mercado de café en Corea 2021
El objetivo de este informe es ofrecer una visión amplia del mercado de café en Corea del Sur y el valor de determinados segmentos del mismo, así como indicar las tendencias del consumo de café tanto en el sector fueradel- hogar como en el dentro-del-hogar. Este resumen general puede dar insumos sobre cómo el entorno de café en Corea del Sur está cambiando a lo largo del tiempo, y cómo se consume el café en este importante mercado →
Cost of Production
Professors CARLOS CARPIO, PhD and LUIS SANDOVAL, PhD worked with BRENDA MAMANI, MSc to ask: what are the living wages in El Salvador and Honduras, and how would current total costs and profitability of coffee production be affected if farmworkers were paid living wages?
Bridget Carrington, International Coffee Consultant, Emilio Lopez Diaz with Finca El Manzano, Eva Muthuuri of Eva's Coffee, and Stean Fasol of Stean's Beans explore different strategies for economic resilience that producers can employ to insulate themselves from the fluctuations of a volatile market.
La crisis de precios actual nos exige formar un entendimiento claro de los factores que determinan la rentabilidad o la sustentabilidad económica para los pequeños agricultores.
Read about a research collaboration between the University of Muenster’s TRANSSUSTAIN research project, University of California Davis, and the International Coffee Organization that could help build an ongoing benchmark for farmer profitability.
This strategic literature review by Dr. Christophe Montagnon suggests that increasing yield typically increases the cost per hectare to produce coffee, especially in the short term, so may decrease a farm’s profitability.
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The Evolution of Business: Understanding the B Corp Model
Jessica Yinka Thomas shares a new model of business designed to maximize wellbeing, interdependence, and drive change →
Climate & Environment
Economists DAVIDE DEL PRETE and ROCCO MACCHIAVELLO recently completed a literature review of sustainability interventions for the Coffee Science Foundation; here, with PETER GIULIANO, they summarize its findings.
SARAH CHARLES, writer, Communications Officer at the International Trade Centre, and author of a recent dissertation on mandatory supply chain due diligence, outlines the history, opportunities, and challenges of regulatory sustainability approaches while offering a path forward for coffee businesses grappling with the shift from a voluntary to a regulatory approach.
La amenaza del cambio climático, así como el impacto que se espera que tenga en los rendimientos de café en todo el mundo, preocupa especialmente al sector mundial del café en 2022.Este informe tiene como objetivo destacar algunas de las herramientas, estrategias y buenas prácticas clave que los actores de la industria del café pueden adoptar para lograr la reducción de las emisiones de carbono, así como para fomentar un debate más específico sobre métodos y resultados verificables, con el fin de aumentar la acción probada y positiva sobre el cambio climático en todo el sector del café
The ongoing threat of climate change, and the impact it is expected to have on coffee yields worldwide, is of particular concern to the global coffee sector in 2022. This report aims to highlight some of the key tools, strategies, and best practices that coffee industry actors could adopt to achieve carbon emission reduction as well as encourage more targeted conversation about verifiable methods and outcomes, in order to increase proven and positive action on climate change throughout the entire coffee sector
Corresponding author Dr. Selena Ahmed outlines the findings of a systematic review of research conducted to better understand climate change’s impact on coffee quality, what prompted the review, and what we need to research next.
Hanna Neuschwander of World Coffee Research shares an update on WCR’s 2015 F1 Hybrid candidates through the specific lens of quality.
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In 2019, Colombia-based Azahar Coffee Company launched “A Sustainable Coffee Buyer’s Guide” to address the information asymmetry between green coffee buyers and sellers over the value of coffee.
The Algrano market report is a once-annual analysis of coffee sourcing and production trends, and to date has focused on the European market. Over the course of one hour, the panelists discuss how the trends they identified at the end of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022 have evolved over the course of the past year, and they provide insight into what these evolutions might mean for the coffee sector going forward.
La amenaza del cambio climático, así como el impacto que se espera que tenga en los rendimientos de café en todo el mundo, preocupa especialmente al sector mundial del café en 2022.Este informe tiene como objetivo destacar algunas de las herramientas, estrategias y buenas prácticas clave que los actores de la industria del café pueden adoptar para lograr la reducción de las emisiones de carbono, así como para fomentar un debate más específico sobre métodos y resultados verificables, con el fin de aumentar la acción probada y positiva sobre el cambio climático en todo el sector del café
The ongoing threat of climate change, and the impact it is expected to have on coffee yields worldwide, is of particular concern to the global coffee sector in 2022. This report aims to highlight some of the key tools, strategies, and best practices that coffee industry actors could adopt to achieve carbon emission reduction as well as encourage more targeted conversation about verifiable methods and outcomes, in order to increase proven and positive action on climate change throughout the entire coffee sector
The purpose of this report is to give a broad overview of the South Korean coffee market and the value of select segments therein, as well as indicate trends across both out-of-home and at-home coffee consumption. This overview can give insight into how the South Korean coffee environment is changing over time, and how coffee is consumed in this important market
El objetivo de este informe es ofrecer una visión amplia del mercado de café en Corea del Sur y el valor de determinados segmentos del mismo, así como indicar las tendencias del consumo de café tanto en el sector fueradel- hogar como en el dentro-del-hogar. Este resumen general puede dar insumos sobre cómo el entorno de café en Corea del Sur está cambiando a lo largo del tiempo, y cómo se consume el café en este importante mercado
An overview of retail value of coffee across places of consumption, channels, categories, and brands.
Jessica Yinka Thomas shares a new model of business designed to maximize wellbeing, interdependence, and drive change.
Take a look at the first results from The Sustainability Toolkit, and learning about the answers most commonly-submitted by roasters and other coffee professionals on their sustainability journey.
Advancing decent work and raising the living standards of all workers across operations and supply chains require all companies to adopt sustainable, responsible and inclusive workplace practices, and for companies with supply chains to use their leverage with suppliers to contribute to the realization of decent work globally.
There are big questions facing specialty coffee sellers and buyers.
ITC Green Coffee Exporter's Guide is the world's most extensive, hands-on and neutral source of information on the international coffee trade.
Beyco is a platform that uses blockchain technology to facilitate the buying and selling of coffee, access to finance, and data management.
Looking to expand your coffee network? Check out this video to learn more about the Specialty Coffee Association's Coffee Directory, a platform designed to help companies reach the SCA’s vast global network of professionals.
How many cafés and coffee shops were there across Europe in 2020?
What was the total value of coffee consumed in cafés and coffee shops across Europe in 2020?
Download the free Specialty Coffee Breakout Report of the National Coffee Data Trends Study (US, 2021) directly from the National Coffee Association.
La crisis de precios actual nos exige formar un entendimiento claro de los factores que determinan la rentabilidad o la sustentabilidad económica para los pequeños agricultores.
How many people in the United States drank specialty coffee in 2017? What was the demand for specialty coffee? How had it grown over time?
Tim Chapdelaine, Heather Perry, Peter Giuliano, and Heather Ward discuss the illustrative economic outlook of coffee’s supply chain.
What was the retail value of coffee consumed in 2018? Where was it consumed?
What was the retail value of coffee in 2017? Where was it consumed?
Read about a research collaboration between the University of Muenster’s TRANSSUSTAIN research project, University of California Davis, and the International Coffee Organization that could help build an ongoing benchmark for farmer profitability.
How much money did coffee sold at cafés and coffee-focused shops make across Europe in 2018?
How many cafés and coffee shops were there in Europe as of 2018?
Based on the World Coffee Research Sensory Lexicon, the Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel provides a visual representation of a standard set of attributes designed to allow trained sensory panels to evaluate coffees for scientific research.
This illustrative outlook reveals a broad representation of the specialty coffee value stream based on real data.
This strategic literature review by Dr. Christophe Montagnon suggests that increasing yield typically increases the cost per hectare to produce coffee, especially in the short term, so may decrease a farm’s profitability.
Peter Roberts and Chad Trewick present and answer questions about the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide, a project run by researchers at Emory University with an expanding group of data donors, that reports on the distributions of recent Free on Board prices for green specialty coffee.