Fazenda Bau, Cerrado Region Visit, November 9th/11 Not a better place to bring closure to my 10/11 crop estimate and to look ahead on the potential for the next 11/12 crop than touring through the Minas Gerais Cerrado Region. Now that the rains have resumed over the entire coffee belt in Brazil triggering a single […]
Who would ever imagine that I would be flying to Hawaii to visit coffee farms and buy coffee? ME! Yes, its’ a dream I’ve carried for many years, finally, it’s become a reality, a productive and very exiting one. I visited the farm for the first time, two years ago, at that time, I was […]
Dear Sirs and/or Madams. Good day, it is my pleasure to announce that Mr. Alan B. Odom has joined Wolthers America Inc. as of this November 1st in the position of V.P. of Sales and as a Partner of the Company. Mr. Odom will be operating out of our new Sales office in the San […]
Just back from a two week trip to Panama , Brazil’s Soft coffee belt and Santos – the largest coffee export Port in the world. This anticipation will help manage the low quality of the remaining crop as well as partially cover the eventual deficit of close to ZERO carry-over expected for the 1st of […]
With a week delay, past the first day of Spring in the Southern hemisphere, rains arrived to the vast Brazilian coffee belt “just in time” to support a massive flowering. As a matter of fact, the arrival of Spring rains after an extended and intense drought period, promoted ideal conditions for an accumulated first, second […]
YESSSSS……..! Hector Gonzalez from Wolthers Vittrup & Associates – Guatemala is “World Cup Tasters Champion” at the SCAE Event”Caffe’ Culture” in London last June 27th. Don Hector is the Quality Director at our office in Guatemala since 2008 when we opened the Green Coffee Export Quality Assurance laboratory For Guatemalan and other Central American coffees. […]
In Brazil, I spent most of last week in Santos at the Wolthers & Associates office, cupping coffees and grading samples of the new incoming crop. This new crop is about 45 days advanced, new crop shipments are already happening now in June and this is quite unusual as normally, new crop shipments should only […]
With all the uncertainties regarding the future Colombian coffee supply to America and Europe, I thought it was time to get into the valley and talk to my people on the spot in Bogota. Wolthers America has an office in Bogota, Wolthers, Vittrup & Associates performs Quality Assurance/Quality Control on exports of green coffee, commissioned […]
Again, another great Symposium Conference and Exhibition by the SCAA. Some great lessons that when into my book. The best cupping experience I had at the “Roasters Guild Award” cupping coffees and origins was a Peru – Puno from the Tunki Farm. This was an exciting combination of Full Body, clean and sweet impressions and […]
Good coffee week, friends, I’m back again and this time with news about Brazil. Last week I had the pleasure to attend the Brazilian Barista National finals in the wonderful and rich Central Market Place in downtown Sao Paulo. The very fast growing Specialty Coffee retail culture and the sophisticated Barista expertise is finding an […]
Red Container/Anike Wolthers report on Brazil Conilon early harvest situation
Conilon Coffee Immersion. By: Anike Ejlers Wolthers aka Red Container Coffee Good Monday coffee friends. Last week May 05-10, 2024 I had the privilege of touring around the breathtaking state of Espirito Santo to learn and source some conilon coffees. From main cooperative with record volume to small, medium and large single estates, conventional, organic, […]
Brazil FOB weekly Price Report by Wolthers Associates Santos
Wolthers Associates Santos updated their weekly Price Report, and you can see it here.
