The Ethiopian Coffee Buyer’s Checklist
39 questions to put to any Ethiopian exporter or agent before you order: seller, coffee, quality evidence, samples, terms and documents.
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Buying guides for Ethiopian coffee
Practical guides for trade buyers sourcing from Ethiopia: what to ask exporters, how to judge samples, and how to choose between green and roasted supply.
Free buyer tools
Checklists and templates for buying Ethiopian coffee. Free in exchange for your email.
Sample brief & evaluation template
Write a clear coffee brief, log every sample, score it consistently and send feedback a supplier can act on.
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Buying guides
Sourcing guides
Importing green coffee from Ethiopia: the real challenges, and how to avoid them
Ethiopia produces some of the world’s most sought-after coffee, but importing it is not always simple. The ten challenges buyers run into most, from finding a reliable exporter to logistics and EUDR, and how to avoid each one.
Sourcing guides
How to choose an Ethiopian coffee exporter: 12 questions to ask before you order
The questions that separate a dependable Ethiopian coffee exporter from a risky one: licence, sourcing, quality evidence, samples, terms, documents and follow-up.
Quality and samples
Ethiopian coffee grades explained: Grade 1 to Grade 5, Q1 and Q2
What Grade 1, Grade 2 and the commercial grades really mean, how Ethiopia’s coffee authority grades every export lot, and how to use grades in your next purchase without being misled by the label.
Sourcing guides
When to buy Ethiopian coffee: the harvest, shipping and contracting calendar
A month-by-month calendar for buying Ethiopian green coffee: when the harvest happens, when samples arrive, when washed and natural coffees ship, and how to plan so you get the lots you want.
Green coffee
Washed vs natural Ethiopian coffee: how processing shapes the cup and your order
How washed and natural Ethiopian coffees are made, how they differ in the cup, in consistency and in timing, and how to choose the right process for your roastery or customers.
Green coffee
Yirgacheffe, Sidama, Guji and beyond: a buyer’s guide to Ethiopian coffee regions
How Ethiopia’s main coffee regions differ in the cup, how they are named on offer lists, and how to choose a region for filter, espresso or blends.
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