Cafe Imports

That’s right, the Legendary Coffee Exchange is back! It’s free and open to any roaster from the US & Canada, sign-ups open from November 1-10: cafeimports.com/north-america/…

Cafe Imports, Ikawa, & Glitter Cat Team Up To Give Away A Sample Roaster bit.ly/3fUlpbG @CafeImports @IKAWAcoffee @_GlitterCat

With all we've been through this past year, strengthening a community with fellow roasters is more important than ever. Introducing, The Legendary Coffee Exchange. Sign up, send a bag, get a bag, meet a new friend! bit.ly/38L5adD #coffeetwitter

Friends, colleagues, coffee people: The past few weeks have been tense and seemingly unpredictable for most of us, and we know that everyone in our community has been forced to make difficult decisions in order to stay safe, healthy, and optimistic... conta.cc/2vwwc84

Cafe Imports and our export partners in Colombia, Banexport, are bringing the coffee farm to you! We're hosting a producer-focused event to cup fresh-crop Colombian coffees, share the story of our long collaboration! All are welcome! bit.ly/32yo7Ma #coffeetwitter

Jason Long of @CafeImports offers a few facts and figures about one of Africa's most renowned coffee regions. bit.ly/2qlnDKc

Sample roasting is a magical combination of art, science, and craft: It requires great care, attention, organization, patience, and just a liiiiittle bit of obsession. (Ok, probably a lot of obsession.😍›$)

We have two exciting opportunities available to join the coffee-passionate team at Cafe Imports Europe, with positions open for senior sales and customer service representatives. Visit cafeimports.com/europe/blog for more information about the roles and how to apply!

Warehouse essentials.⁠ ⁠ Who needs a third party when the first party is so good? We're proud to be independently warehoused in our own Minnesota facility since 1993.

(Donut) Holey moly, friends: Have we got a treat in store for you over the three days of Coffee Fest LA! There will be donuts! Ice cream! Coffee challenges! Cupping workshops! Education! Fun! Friends! Sunshine! You name it, we've got it. Check out... bit.ly/31W3AQ6

There isn't one coffee-growing country that's our "favorite," but there are a few that have a very special place in some of our hearts: Ecuador is one of them, and in this year's Harvest Report we want to introduce you to some of the... bit.ly/30unjGt

If you weren't at Stump the Roaster, were you even at Coffee Fest LA? Join us for this focused conversation about coffee roasting on Sunday during @coffeefestshow, and gain insight and intel from some of the sharpest minds in coffee roasting in SoCal and beyond.

In a four-part podcast series, @notjustmeister and @chadtrewick deep dive on coffee price transparency and how it affects the commodity price. bit.ly/2YROCsk

Have you ever smelled a coffee blossom? We think it's one of the most captivating fragrances on earth—but we might be a little biased. (Photo of coffee flowers on a Catuai plant in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, by @victorjpagan)⁠

Be your own personal Best with two opportunities to source some incredible coffees with two upcoming Best Cup cupping competitions and live auctions this year, starting with Colombia! We'll visit producers; cup through the top 30 samples from... bit.ly/2XBVvlK

Be your own personal Best with two opportunities to source some incredible coffees with two upcoming Best Cup cupping competitions and live auctions this year, including an ecstatic return to Carmo de Minas, Brazil... bit.ly/32lkzfV

What's on your cupping table today?

Being an independently owned company means that we’re driven by our own values, and that we can take risks to invest in coffee and in coffee people for the sake of doing better and being better every day. We know each other’s names and faces, and we... bit.ly/2LbWlyl

Ahadu Woubshet is the visionary behind the pair of coffee farms collectively known as Tega & Tula, in the legendary Ethiopian region known as Keffa, the probable birthplace of Arabica coffee. In today's blog post, we learn about... bit.ly/31LwXp2

In the right hands, these are more than just cupping spoons—they are super-sensitive flavor detection devices! 🥄 (They also have the power to zap defects to oblivion. ☄️)