Guides
Green coffee
Buying, importing, contracting, sampling, grading, storing and costing green coffee.
- How to buy green coffee for a roasteryFrom the first sample request to the sacks on your floor: where green coffee comes from, how much to buy, how prices are set, and the checks that stop you paying for a disappointing lot.9 min read
- Buying through an importer or direct from originDirect trade is a relationship with real costs: you take on finance, logistics, customs and quality risk that an importer would otherwise carry. How to decide which coffees to buy which way.7 min read
- Importing green coffee into the UK: EORI, customs, duty and documentsGreen coffee carries no UK import duty, but it still needs an EORI number, a customs declaration, the right documents and a plan for plant health and organic checks. The process, step by step.9 min read
- Green coffee contracts and Incoterms, explained for roastersA green coffee contract decides the price, the quality you are entitled to, when you pay and where the risk passes to you. The clauses that matter and the Incoterms you will meet.8 min read
- Green coffee samples: offer, pre-shipment and arrivalThree samples protect a green coffee purchase: the offer sample you choose from, the pre-shipment sample you approve, and the arrival sample you check against it. How to roast, cup and record each.7 min read
- Grading and cupping green coffee before you buyA buying decision needs two kinds of evidence: what the green coffee looks like in your hand, and how it tastes on the table. A practical grading and cupping routine for roasters.8 min read
- Moisture, water activity and density in green coffeeThree quick measurements tell you how a green coffee has been dried and stored, how long it is likely to hold up, and how it will take heat in the roaster.6 min read
- Storing green coffee: temperature, humidity, bags and ageGreen coffee is a dried seed that keeps trading moisture with the air. Store it cool, dry, off the floor and away from smells, and it will hold its quality for months.6 min read
- Landed cost: what green coffee really costs per kiloThe FOB price is where the cost of a green coffee starts, not where it ends. Build the landed cost line by line, then convert it to cost per roasted kilo before you compare offers.7 min read
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