2018-09-03 Coffee and Code

Recent years have seen a spike in the retail price for coffee paid by consumers in their local stores and cafes. But, despite that, the price farmers get paid for coffee hasn’t meaningfully changed in four decades. Coffee farmers are at the whim of a complex global commodities exchange that leaves them powerless to set their own prices and subject to massive instability from season to season. In many countries, the price for a pound of coffee falls well under the cost to produce that coffee, leaving farmers at a loss financially, dependent on predatory bank loans and uncertain about the future. We untangle the complicated history of coffee pricing, how we got here, what’s the cost of doing nothing, and what it looks like to remake the global coffee pricing model from the ground up. Millions of coffee farmers and their communities depend on us getting this right, and we’re going to explore how. Featuring:Camilo Enciso Suarez, Director, ASOPEP Farmers CooperativeChad Trewick, consultant at Reciprocafé, Specialty Coffee Transaction GuideGrayson Caldwell, Senior Sustainability Director, Bellwether Coffee 

Guests on today's show - Ahrar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahrarmonsur/ Grace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dghernan/ Christina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinajiyunlee/ Links - Coffee N' Code Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UWCoffeeNCode/ Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/153918088626106/ Buy cool clothes: nklg.ca Snazzy music: https://soundcloud.com/adamcode_thezilchers and https://soundcloud.com/colourbody Check me out on facebook: https://facebook.com/whatsuploo -- This week's episode is all about Coffee ‘N Code! They're a club at the University of Waterloo for students learning to code to meet up once a week to connect with others, mentors and great resources! Coffee coffee coffee! -- “What’s Up, Waterloo?” is a vodcast featuring upcoming tech events in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Every week, Kalil interviews organizers, attends events, and provides a look at KW's latest events for students!

In the coffee industry, we associate quality with craft, and craft almost always means manual, handmade, and low tech. However, some cafe owners and coffee professionals are discovering that manual and handmade can mean inconsistency, inefficiency and inability to scale. In an industry that’s increasingly competitive, where labor costs more but prices stay the same, are the old ways of high-touch manual work still working? ​​Craft and innovation are often seen as polar opposites, but in reality, you can have both. In this episode, we explore how to run better, more efficient businesses that still retain that feeling of craft.Featuring:Jai Lott, co-founder, Blank Street CoffeeKamal Bengougam, Chief Commercial Officer, EversysHylan Joseph, West Coast Service Manager, Espresso Partners/Pacific Espresso

Extra sleepy edition of Coffee and Code with more cat than usual. The marketing page for my upcoming ebook Roasted Coffee Product Development is https://roastingbook.coffee/rcpd/ and those who want to buy some pounds of coffee can find my current ...