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Why have a coffee blend? Why not? We dive deep into some of the big picture considerations behind blending as Patrick Barter of Gracenote Coffee and coffee trader / guest co-host Todd Mackey step back to consider some of the more  philosophical questions around coffee blends.

Byron Holcomb, specialty coffee manager in Guatemala joins us to talk about coffee origin issues and what makes a good green coffee buyer

Connie Blumhardt joins Mike Ferguson to talk about their 24 years as friends in coffee, starting Roast Magazine in 2003 (or was it 2004), and her observations of the coffee roasting sector.

Mike Ferguson chats with green coffee professionals Charley Requadt and Ethan White about advice they offer new coffee roaster or those who are looking foreword to being coffee roasters one day.

Welcome Back! In the two years between seasons 2 and 3 much has happened but we're back, rebooting The Exchange with a few changes. In this episode Mike Ferguson interviews Todd Mackey. Todd talks about his career in coffee, his job as a coffee trader, and the challenges of the last two years.

Café Delas was created to help women farmers access the resources, knowledge, and voice they need to grow their operations …

Indonesia is every sort of wet and always all kinds of “Basah.” Rain? Plenty of it, more than most places …

If you were a European explorer in Africa in the nineteenth century, at the top of your to-do list would …

‘Coffee LENS’ - standing for ‘Livelihoods, Education and Nature at Scale’- sets Olam Coffee’s first formal sustainability targets for 2025 across its global, direct coffee supply chain, covering 18 origins.