Ryan Brown's Dear Coffee Buyer is the first book dedicated to the green coffee buying profession. Brown's vivid descriptions and engaging prose give readers the feeling of being there with him: tasting hundreds of coffee samples during a twenty-hour stop in Guatemala, feeling nervous as he takes a spontaneous business trip to Honduras with less than a small backpack, and shares his frustration and determination to find farmers and exporters willing to offer exceptional coffee.
During this time, Brown looks in detail at the coffee bean varieties, their processing, origin, cupping, demand forecasts and prices. He even does interviews with other legendary coffee buyers to gain their skills needed to start a successful coffee buying career. Dear Coffee Buyer will change the way generations of baristas, roasters and green coffee buyers view "direct trade", seasonality, Geisha varieties and the complex challenges of getting grains across half the world, from farm to cup.
- ISBN: 1532364822
- 123 pages
- Published: 2018
- English language