Sourced: The Coffee Podcast

How to save money on shipping, you ask? Logistics costs can inflate the final price of your raw goods. Junior trader Caitlin McCarthy-Garcia and Creative Director/Outbound Shipping Specialist Evan Gilman give you the inside scoop on all of your logistics questions. Is it possible to do same-day shipping? How can you avoid extra fees? What is a BOL? How should you handle claims? Learn the answers to all of these questions and more in this episode!

Resources:

Coffee bag weights by origin: https://cdn.royalcoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/14100208/CoffeeWeights_FINAL.pdf

Article on LTL freight: https://royalcoffee.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-ltl-freight/

Lab and Education Coordinator, Isabella, sits down with Spencer and Amanda to dispel the myths surrounding direct trade. They discuss the true logistics of direct trade, how to facilitate a direct trade with an importer like Royal Coffee, and the implications of direct trade purchases in terms of having a stronger moral compass.

Join us in this insightful episode as Lab & Education Coordinator, Isabella, sits down with Kyle Engelman, the Director of Philanthropy from Ground for Health. Together, they discuss a crucial topic of the link between cervical cancer and coffee growing regions. Discover how Ground For Health's journey began, and gain a deeper understanding of the essential care they provide for women in these areas.

Learn more about their empowering summer campaign, "Where she is," which focuses on meeting women where they are at, ensuring enhanced healthcare services for women in rural coffee-growing communities. Tune in now and find out how you can support this important cause.

Curious about what entails a coffee origin trip? In this episode, Isabella sits down with Evan Gillman, Creative Director, to discuss his recent trip to Indonesia and Shanghai. They delve into production trends, the reclamation of Indonesian coffee culture, royal regional partnerships, and more.

In this episode, Isabella Vitaliano sits down with Chris Kornman as he delves into his long-awaited return to Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania after an 8-year hiatus. They will cover some of Royal's long-term partnerships in the region, weather impacts, emerging production trends, yield projections, and implications on the quality of the upcoming harvest. Check out East African green coffee beans here: royalcoffee.com/region/africa/

In this episode, Isabella Vitaliano sits down with Chris Kornman as he delves into his long-awaited return to Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania after an 8-year hiatus. They will cover some of Royal’s long-term partnerships in the region, weather impacts, emerging production trends, yield projections, and implications on the quality of the upcoming harvest. Check out East African green coffee beans here: https://royalcoffee.com/region/africa/

New to purchasing green coffee?  Junior Traders Spencer and Amanda from Royal Coffee give industry professionals insight into understanding coffee positions and industry lingo in this quick and informative 15-minute episode. Covering forward spreads, position release, advice for new buyers and buying vs booking both Spencer and Amanda have all the answers for you. If you are interested in purchasing coffee or have any questions, please email us at [email protected].

In this episode, we have Natalia Mejia from Mastercol, a specialty coffee exporter based in Colombia, Amanda Amato, Junior trader and Colombia green coffee buyer from Royal Coffee, and Chris Kornman The Crown's Director of Education. They cover Colombia's new wave of coffee culture and Mastercol's cutting-edge experimentally processed green coffee lots. We hope you enjoy this episode.  

Our season premier podcast episode, Tales from the Trading Desk: Brazil Report, is co-hosted by Royal Coffee CEO Max Nicholas-Fulmer and Junior Trader Spencer Ford. They discuss Spencer's recent trip to Brazil and speculate about industry projections on Brazil's 2023 harvest and potential C market implications. The thoughts expressed in this podcast do not constitute investment advice of any kind. Commodity futures are risky investment vehicles.

Have you struggled with building strong wholesale accounts and getting your coffee onto grocery aisle shelves? The Crown's Director of Coffee Content, Sandra Elisa Loofbourow, recently got the opportunity to chat with the founder of Food Biz Wiz, Alli Ball. In this interview, Alli shares some valuable information for new roasters on how to differentiate their brands from others and how to get their products into grocery shelves. Most importantly, she walks us through the thought process of how grocery buyers select products that they want to showcase in their shelves. Enjoy the episode, and check out the Alli Ball's online course on Retail Ready here: https://www.alliball.com/waitlist