OFFER LISTS ORIGINS EVENTS SERVICES ABOUT TRANSPARENCY BLOG Colombia COLOMBIA Colombia harvest update It has been an exacting year in Colombia and for coffee producers across the country. The Colombian people have been grappling with changes in the climate of the country that have dramatic effects on agricultural products, and the coffee harvest has seen these effects.The internal market has seen the highest Read more… By Joanne Berry, 3 months ago BRAZIL How C Price volatility impacts coffee You may have noticed a sharp increase in the C-market lately. The current situation in the coffee futures market is not unfamiliar to most of us who have been in the industry for some years. The implications beyond the current cost of coffee can be given less immediate thought but Read more… By Joanne Berry, 4 months ago 2021 How to plan your buying for Jul – Dec 2021 If you only have 30 seconds, read this: For the second half of the year we will have coffees from Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Uganda, Rwanda, and Indonesia. Samples will start arriving in July/August, and coffees will land from Sept/Oct onwards. Coffees will be slightly more expensive in the coming months, Read more… By Morten Wennersgaard, 5 months ago COLOMBIA The situation in Colombia Just over a month ago the Colombian government proposed a major tax reform which sparked massive protests. The government quickly withdrew the reform proposal, but protests continued as people expressed their frustration of years of poverty and inequality, exacerbated by a violent response from police. Sadly there is a long Read more… By Joanne Berry, 6 months ago 2021 Spring Cupping is here! Spring Cupping has begun! Spring Cupping is here! While it won’t be our usual event at our Oslo HQ, it will still be a lot of fun. Check our Spring Cupping page for new videos and events daily. By Suzie Hoban, 7 months ago COLOMBIA Meet Belcy Astudillo, “Final Spoon” at Coocentral cooperative, Huila When Belcy Astudillo first began working in the lab at Coocentral cooperative in Huila, Colombia, her colleagues would hide the sugar so she couldn’t add it to her coffee. Now she is an integral member of the lab, one of the “Final Spoons” deciding which coffees meet the cooperatives standards Read more… By Nordic Approach, 9 months ago 2021 Your guide to the current harvests It’s an exciting time of year — so many origins are in harvest, and so much great coffee is coming our way! What can we expect from Ethiopia, Kenya, Honduras, Colombia and Uganda this year? Our buyers give us an update. Ethiopia The harvest this year was earlier with higher Read more… By Suzie Hoban, 10 months ago COLOMBIA Colombia Harvest Update October 2020 In any normal year I would be visiting Colombia between July and August, and then again at the end of November leading into the beginning of December. These would be our primary trips for coffees from across Nariño, Huila and Tolima when we would be able to meet with producers, Read more… By Joanne Berry, 1 year ago BRAZIL Securing the coffee you need in a pandemic You might have noticed our offers list is not as long as it used to be. There are a couple of reasons for this. Previously we planned our buying based on past years’ experience which gave us a pretty good idea of your coffee needs. But then pandemic came and shook our industry Read more… By Suzie Hoban, 1 year ago BRAZIL Sourcing in the time of Corona Origin travel suspended Traveling to origin has been the cornerstone of our buying since this company was founded. Every year we travel to each of the coffee growing origins we work in at least once, often several times, to meet with export partners and producers, explore farms and check out Read more… By Suzie Hoban, 1 year ago COFFEE ORIGINS The impact of COVID-19 at origin, and how it might affect your green buying We are all staring into the crystal ball, trying to predict how our industry will look in the aftermath of the curfews and lock downs. Everyone in the specialty coffee value chain is adapting on the fly, and that includes importers. We are working to keep everyone in the value Read more… By Morten Wennersgaard, 2 years ago BRAZIL Women we admire in coffee In honour of International Women’s Day this Sunday, we honour a few of the women we admire in our value chains. Natalia Brito Garcia, Brazil Natalia is the reason we buy coffee from Brazil. We didn’t source coffee from Brazil until we met her, now we buy all our Brazilian Read more… By Suzie Hoban, 2 years ago BRAZIL Coffee competitions in origin Coffee competitions in origin: What are they, why are they important and how can you get involved? We run two annual competitions in origin, the Apas Cup in Brazil and the Tarqui Cup in Colombia. Each competition judges a selection of coffees from producers working in a particular region. The Read more… By Linda Sandvik, 2 years ago 2019 North America buying strategy in Colombia In summer of 2018 I first visited producers that have been part of long-standing Nordic Approach quality-based premium programs – some for nearly a decade. The premium program Morten built years ago still benefits a growing number of producers and roasters (and other importers), so this year, 2019, I went Read more… By Jordan, 2 years ago 2019 Update from Juan David Cordona David is a young producer in Antioquia, part of an informal group of innovative young farmers who are determined to prove the potential of their region goes beyond chocolate and caramel cups. His father thinks David’s ideas are too radical and their pair argued about the best way to manage Read more… By Suzie Hoban, 2 years ago COFFEE ORIGINS Colombia & the Tarqui Cup As some of you know, this wouldn’t be my first time in Colombia. Until May last year I was Nordic Approach’s green buyer there and visited this beautiful country several times a year. This time, in November 2018, I got the chance to experience this from a client’s perspective. I Read more… By Joakim Hannibal - Fuglen Coffee Roasters Oslo, 3 years ago 2018 Juan Saldarriaga and Tierra de Cafe We have the last few years been involved in a project with a producer in Antioquia that’s been having such a great progress and development with his coffees and quality. It’s about great washed coffees of different cultivars, but also naturals dried in an innovative way. But most of all Read more… By Morten Wennersgaard, 4 years ago 2017 Organic Colombian coffee in da house This is exciting stuff. We are finally increasing our range of organic coffees, this time from Colombia. We didn’t buy them only for being organic, they taste great too. It’s from a recent buying program we have initiated with an exporter. They also have their own purchasing point (bodega) and Read more… By Morten Wennersgaard, 4 years ago 2017 My First Origin Trip to Colombia Neiva, Colombia – I was practically stumbling out of the plane. It was only a 40-minute long plane ride but I swear (and I don’t believe I am exaggerating when I say) it was one of the biggest teases of my life. You see, that previous night I got into Read more… By Erica Penunuri, 4 years ago 2016 Colombia, fall 2016 2016 has been an unusually tough year for most coffee farmers in most parts of Colombia because of El Niño – a complex weather pattern resulting from variations in ocean temperatures, that can lead to extreme weather conditions. Because of drought this year harvests have either been delayed, very small, or in some cases even non-existing. A severe lack of rain in many coffee growing regions has affected the quality of the coffee in a negative way, and thus there has been an increase in the number of hollow beans, leaf rust, and broca (coffee berry borer). By Joakim Pedersen, 5 years ago 2015 Colombia movie We have made a new film! 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