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From Peru, Artidoro Rodriguez Café Makes US Launch
Peruvian coffee roaster and exporter Artidoro Rodriguez Café recently launched in the United States, opening a coffee bar in Virginia while selling wholesale roasted coffees. The company is also...
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Three Questions with Vikram Patel of PNG-Focused Benchmark Coffee Traders
After passing the Illinois state bar, Vikram Patel practiced law for two years. During that time, he was also sowing the seeds of a green coffee business that has since...
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Three Questions with Francis Kungu of Kenya-Focused Jamii Coffee
Francis Kungu can recall his younger days sitting with his friends at a pub across the street from a coffee farm in rural Kenya. “We used to swear that we’d...
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Energy Trader Hartree Plans to Acquire the Owner of Volcafe
New York City-based energy and commodities trading firm Hartree Partners LP announced plans to acquire ED&F Man Commodities, the owner of green coffee trading giant Volcafe. The acquisition...
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Coffee Trading Conglomerate NKG Opening First China Business
Green coffee trading conglomerate Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is opening its first trading business in China, responding to a consumer market that has rapidly expanded over the past decade. In...
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Three Questions with Denis Mialocq of Belco
Denis Mialocq spends most of his days teaching others about the complexities of coffee, from gustatory explorations to environmental, economic and social issues. The training manager at green coffee...
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Qima Coffee Parent Company Buys UK’s The Gentlemen Baristas
Origins 1450, the UK-based parent company of green coffee trader Qima Coffee, has acquired London’s The Gentlemen Baristas for an undisclosed sum. In an announcement this week, Origins 1450 said...
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Column: Don’t Buy Too Much Coffee
An importer will never tell you this, but don’t buy too much coffee. Most importers view trading as a zero-sum game where the objective is simple: win as much business...
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In Brooklyn, Lucienne Coffee is Serving Coffees Roasted in Japan
A new coffee company called Lucienne Coffee in Brooklyn, New York, is specializing in the brewing and sales of high-quality specialty coffees roasted in, and imported from, Japan. Selling whole...
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Ninety Plus and Arizona’s Coffee Support Sign US Distribution Deal
High-end coffee production company Ninety Plus announced an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Arizona-based business-to-business specialist Coffee Support. Coffee Support plans to release...
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