The Green Coffee Blues

If there is one thing I’m good at, it’s inventory management.  My graduate degree is in a field related to Operations Research, which is essentially the study of industrial efficiency.  My specialization was in mathematical models, which are used to predict demand, calculate safety stocks to avoid backorders, etc.  For many years, things I learned [...]

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Oops, I did it again

And as I type this, I realize that was a Brittany Spears song.  But I’m not referring to reckless and stupid behavior – no, I’m talking about coffee buying.  Just put in an order for some more green.
The vital statistics: 75% of the order is organic, 33% Fair Trade.  100% excellent.  I have a few [...]

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El Salvador – On the Rise

Branding and the power of brands are real.  People become creatures of habit based on the brand messages presented to them – who doesn’t know Juan Valdez, after all?  We see it in our business; certain origins are just harder to sell because they don’t sit at the “cool kids” table.  El Salvador is one [...]

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Lots of new coffees arriving…

We have a couple green coffee orders coming in over the next week or so.  Be on the lookout for some nice, new offerings (including many organics) over the coming weeks as I get them into inventory.  No need to wait, the current inventory is nice, too, but if there is something else you want it [...]

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