Condesa CO-LAB Blog

CONDESA CO.LAB Blog

Meet the team: Émilie Coulombe

Meet the team: Émilie Coulombe Émilie Coulombe is another well-respected member of our team here at Condesa. As well as being part of our coffee sales team, she’s also the Secretary of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance’s Australian chapter. Émilie has been a...

Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

What is the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide? Coffee pricing is a complex subject that everyone who works in the industry will be familiar with. However, as more and more actors across the supply chain push for increased transparency and traceability, new resources...

River Dale & Condesa

Exploring Indian coffee from Riverdale Estate India is a large country with a huge number of microclimates and plenty of variety in its weather as a result. Typically, however, coffee is grown in the southern parts of the country. As a coffee origin, India is mostly...

Origin Coffee Lab, Peru

Coffee has been grown in Peru since the 1700s, but the country really started to scale its coffee production at the start of the 20th century. In the years since, this growth has continued at a remarkable pace. By 2014, Peru was one of the top 20 producers in the...

Espirito Santo

Espírito Santo and the Bourbon Specialty Coffees Microlot Contest Espírito Santo is a small state located in southeastern Brazil, along the country’s eastern coast. Its proximity to the ocean means that it has a specific microclimate which influences coffee production...

Carbon Neutrality

Carbon neutrality and coffee Carbon neutrality is a simple concept: it refers to a project, organization, business, or product that absorbs as much CO2 as it emits. Carbon emissions have understandably been a topic of debate for businesses around the world in recent...

Dormans

Dormans: Our work with the coffee exporter in Kenya Kenya is one of the top five coffee-producing countries in Africa by volume, and around 16th in the world. It boasts a balance of high altitudes, moderate temperatures, even rainfall, and rich volcanic soil, making...

Getu Bekele

A spotlight on Getu Bekele & our Ethiopian coffees Getu Bekele is an important figure in the Ethiopian coffee industry. Over the years, he has worked as an agronomist, researcher, trainer, and writer. Today, Getu Bekele has set up his own export business under the...

Introducing our farmer partners in Honduras

Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America and the fourth-largest in the world. In 2019, the country exported more than 6.7 million 60kg bags of green coffee. Today, over 100,000 Honduran families derive their income from coffee-growing, in a country...

Introducing our farmer partners in Honduras

Our work with the José Olaya Cooperative in Peru

The Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalera José Olaya (José Olaya Rural Coffee Farm Cooperative, or CAFJO) is located in the district of Quelloúno, La Convención, in the south of Peru. Currently, its members comprise around 271 coffee-growing families that cultivate coffee at...

Why is it important to use a high-quality sample roaster?

A sample roaster is a small roaster, usually with a capacity of less than 300g, that is used to test roast samples of green coffee beans. These are then evaluated for quality, taste and aroma. These small samples are often sent to roasters by a trader or producer, and...