*Green Coffee Sourcing Workshop – strategies for small and mid-sized roasters to manage quality, price and sustainability

  • Room: 401
  • Session Number: LTW18
  • Session Price: $39.00
Tuesday, August 30, 2022: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker(s)

Instructor
James McKenney
Specialty Trader
Sucafina Specialty
United States
Instructor
Katherine Ferguson
Specialty Managing Trader
Sucafina Specialty
United States

Description

Join Kat Ferguson and James McKenney, Specialty Traders at Sucafina for a special green coffee workshop designed just for you. 

This session covers:

  1. An Introduction to the coffee supply chain – overview of coffee origins and how coffee moves from origin to destination markets and price drivers (45 mins)
  2. Overview of coffee supply chain sustainability -- challenges and the initiatives/certifications that address them (45 mins)
  3. Sourcing strategies to manage sustainability, quality, and price risk for small to mid-sized roasters 

*This workshop has an additional registration fee. Please add it to your registration prior to the event to receive early bird pricing, or stop by the registration counters on site.


Track(s)


Learning Objectives

List key coffee producing origins
Compare supply chains from different coffee producing countries
List the critical issues in coffee sustainability
Describe the various certifications and initiatives that address coffee sustainability
Devise buying strategies to maximize quality and manage price
Implement buying strategies for small roasters to manage quality, price, and sustainability