World Bank Group | Agriculture & Rural Development | Executive Summary - Coffee Markets: New Paradigms in Global Supply and Demand (#)
„The high value placed on consistency underscores the industry's preference for steady and predictable quality given the costs and risks of sourcing from new suppliers. This critical competitive factor has several implications, particularly for smaller suppliers, regarding the need to improve basic business practices, as well as agronomic practices in their cooperatives and organizations.Differentiation, while increasingly popular, is only a partial answer in the near term; other answers are needed for the majority of coffee producers. One often proposed is the diversification of some farmers away from a strong dependence on coffee. Though this can be conceptually sensible for some geographic areas, there are very few alternatives that either come close to coffee's valuable characteristics, such as its marketability and long shelf life, especially for remote rural areas, or which present realistic alternatives for the terrains in which coffee is currently grown.“
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„ But existing certifications aren’t the only way. Many companies have their own sourcing policy, including Allegro Coffee Co. and Coffee Bean International. It doesn’t really matter how you do it, as long as you take a holistic approach that builds a sustainable farm and community capable of producing quality beans.“
http://www.freshcup.com/2005_jan/green_cafe.htm
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„His workshops and seminars on coffee sourcing and evaluation have been featured at professional coffee meetings in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and Japan. In 1996, he was awarded a "Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Coffee Literature" by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA).“
http://www.coffeereview.com/ken_bio.cfm
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„With headquarters in Irvine, California, Diedrich Coffee specializes in sourcing, roasting and selling the world's highest quality coffees. The Company's three brands are Gloria Jean's, Diedrich Coffee and Coffee People. The Company's 494 retail outlets, the majority of which are franchised, are located in 33 states and 13 foreign countries. Diedrich Coffee also sells its coffees through more than 460 wholesale accounts, including office coffee service distributors, restaurants and specialty retailers, and via mail order and the Internet.“
http://www.aboutcoffee.net/2004/10/ martin-diedrich-announces-his.html
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„They were worthy, they were dark-roasted, they were hearty and wintery, but they were, to my palate, a bit too predictable and repetitive. Either the darkish roast styles took too much out of the coffees, or in an effort to achieve a full-bodied, comfortable, sit-by-the-fire character, roasters chose to blend excessively comfortable coffees; i.e. coffees without much acidity, nuance, or excitement. Certainly if I had solicited seven breakfast blends or seven house blends I would have turned up coffees with more variety, and, probably, more intrigue.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/article.cfm?id=35
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India coffee - News - India will be major coffee sourcing hub: illycaffe
„illycaffe, which sells about 6.5 million cups a day in 45,000 restaurants and coffee bars across 105 countries, began sourcing from India in 1998. The company expects its global sales to rise by 10 per cent, this year. Besides India, illycaffe sources from 17 other countries.“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/news/2004/10/ oct20.html
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