Coffea Economica Podcast: Philipp Schallberger, Kaffeemacher:innen with an analysis and an outlook
The coffee world has been turned upside down since the Covid pandemic. Delayed shipments, high coffee prices, challenges for producers, traders, and roasters. Added to this were frost and drought in Brazil; nothing is as it was recently. This podcast is intended to be a compass for everyone in the coffee industry to navigate through the coming months.
In this episode, I look back at everything we have discussed in this podcast. I pick out highlights from the conversations and add my own thoughts.
What's next?
This podcast will enter a new round in early summer: then the future of coffee will be the focus - Coffea Futurica.
Many thanks for the lively discussions, the input, and for listening.
Talk to you soon.
"Specialty coffee is neither a protected term nor a knighthood you can rest on. Instead, specialty coffee is a mission to make things better. And that includes involving everyone. Just as the SCAE thought at least in the early days: from seed, to cup."
"as long as we help keep coffee production running, buy more coffee, pay more, and do more and more to make coffee even better, we are not really helping those who grow coffee, but actually just ourselves."
"We have spoken with Kleber several times at Kaffeemacher:innen. And time and again I am impressed by how naturally he can say things that others cannot. He can do it because he works according to principles, and has done so for decades. And especially in uncertain times like these, that pays off. So: for all roasters, this means that stable partnerships are always better in an emergency. And in general anyway."
