/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17189881
I had a Yemen single origin through a V60 that was super-high grade and it blew my fucking mind.

One of the quality consultants brought it in from a competitor and did a brew in our coffee area and I tried it and it was hands down the best coffee I've ever had.

That being said it was €40 for 227g so not commercially viable and the rest of the coffee from that company is alright but not worth the price.

>>17189887
>>17189897
Depends - you could say the same for rice or any sort of commodity.

The company I work for does a lot of work with farmers at farm level and we would pay over the odds for good crops which means they are getting above market value. If you think the roasters are taking advantage of workers you don't understand supply chains.

In case you weren't aware raw coffee (at least Arabica) has reached 7 year highs on commodity markets due to freight costs and lack of production.

Brazil lost 20% of their harvest to frost which drove up prices, along with speculators looking to hedge in the commodity market (but this has dropped off recently).