The Heritage Coffee Company -
Full Service Coffee Roaster & Supplier
for Office Coffee, Vending, Foodservice & Specialty Coffee Businesses
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fresh roasted coffees, packed to your specifications, delivered on time. Whether
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specialty green beans for your coffee
store, private label
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cupping, to coffee roast coloration, to blend specifications, to packaging the
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IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Many customers have inquired about the current situation on
differentials paid for washed arabicas that have reached record
proportions. The problems have to do with the shortage of Colombian
coffee due to the heavy rains and bad harvest last fall, and the drop in
production in the mitaca mid-year crop in 09. More coffee was sold than
there was to deliver. By May the differential for Colombians reached an
unbelievable level, affecting all washed arabica exporting countries.
Peru is prominent among them, and one inquiry came in just this morning
with respect to Peruvian differentials.
It helps to remember that Peru is right next door to Colombia, with
similar soil, altitude, and weather, and in quality is the closest to
Colombian coffee. It too was affected by the same bad, wet weather that
Colombia had last year, resulting in a lower yield for Peru also.
Worldwide, roasters had begun switching from their Colombian blends into
using Perus. Colombia, unable to meet shipping needs, imported a lot of
coffee across the border from Peru and sold it under Colombian marks.
As a result the Perus were disappearing quickly, and the shipping of
their new, current crop is just beginning. Our hope is that the new-crop
Peru and the fall Colombian harvest will restore the normal balance
between supply and demand for those two countries, and in fact all
washed arabica-growing nations.
Beyond the question of current differentials is the larger one of the
world economy and what will happen to coffee in the long run. Currency
exchange rates between the larger exporting and importing countries is
also troubling to the relevant people in each nation, and the threat of
worldwide inflation, if and when it comes, is bound to have an impact.
The cap-and-trade legislation emanating from the US will have an
inflationary effect on coffee, through escalating energy costs needed to
produce, distribute, and serve it.
All of this makes it intensely “interesting” for those of us who depend
on the beverage that supports millions of people throughout the world.
We will keep you apprised as the future unfolds.
-Stuart Daw
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