Coffee Market Experts
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Coffee market expertise and analysis to advise government agriculture policy, private investment, and operational decisions. We understand consumer markets and industry trends.
Economic Development
Economic development value chain consulting to increase coffee industry value. Improvements in public policy, quality for differentiation, building industry capacity, advancing gender equity, domestic consumption, and high-value market access for smallholder farmers and coffee exporters.
Coffee Consulting
Coffee industry consulting services. Our clients worldwide including leading food and beverage companies, coffee trading and private equity investment firms, specialty retail operators, consulting firms, and expert market research groups.
Decades of industry experience increasing smallholder productivity and market value of international trade
Asian Development Bank
Organized an industry trade association and provided market expertise for the ADB Timor-Leste national coffee sector rehabilitation program
EU MARKUP
Business consulting and training services assisting small and medium enterprise (SME) exporters from East Africa to reach high value international coffee markets for MARKUP, the European Union Market Access Upgrade Programme
Pacific Horticulture and Agriculture Market Access
Coffee market analysis and national strategic agriculture plan for Papua New Guinea as a consultant to PHAMA+
DMCC Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre
Chief consultant for concept planning, business model, facilities design and launch of the DMCC Coffee Centre in Dubai
Brazil Specialty Coffee Association
North American coffee market analysis and strategic plan for the Brazil Specialty Coffee Association
USAID in Myanmar and Yemen
Export strategy and coffee quality training for multiple economic development agriculture projects funded by USAID in Myanmar (Burma) and Yemen
Catholic Relief Services
Coffee quality training, industry consulting, competition, and economic development to support the CRS Coffeelands cacao and coffee initiative in Ecuador
Soyuz Coffee Roasting
Coffee market and business consultant for design and development of Soyuz Coffee Roasting, leading specialty coffee roasters in Kaliningrad, Russia
Coffee market experts quoted by consumer and trade media
Mr. Hetzel said the New York specialty coffee scene was in its infancy just five years ago, far behind cities like Portland and San Francisco, but has recently blossomed into one of the most vibrant in the world.
Says Hetzel: “Single-serve is clearly the future of the coffee business.”
“Coffee is something that has been with humanity for 1,500 years,” Hetzel said. “It’s not going anywhere any time soon.”
“You don’t see an Apple campaign for how well they treat workers in factories,” Mr. Hetzel said, referring to reports of poor working conditions at factories owned by some of the technology giant’s subcontractors. “But the coffee industry in particular seems to be especially sensitive to the environment and to workers.”