Klatch Coffee Introduces New Green Coffee Beans
25.06.11
Upland, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2011
Trophy-winning southern California coffee source Klatch Coffee now offers unroasted specialty coffee in a variety of package sizes, which include 200 grams, 1, 2 and 10 pounds at www.klatchroasting.com . Klatch sources the entire world for the finest coffee, buying only the top 1% of beans ready. Klatch believes the key to great coffee is fresh green beans and the ability to roast to peak flavor.
"Rarely has such high end coffee been at one's fingertips to home roasters. By offering our green coffee, home roasters can experience the joy and excitement of roasting some of the world's greatest coffees," said Roastmaster and Green Coffee Buyer, Mike Perry.
Klatch Coffee newest offerings range from lush Hawaiian beans, quintessential Bourbons from Latin America to elite Panama coffees. Now at one's fingertips Hawaiian Ka'u Natural Red Caturra and Kona's sweeter sister, micro-lot Ka'u Typica. Barista Champion Pete Licata used these two unique Ka'u Hawaiian coffees to win last month's 2011 United States Barista Championship and then again in Bogota, Colombia at the World Barista Championships where he finished second in the world.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Green coffee: What's driving the increase?
15.06.11
The recent increase in green coffee has its roots in many factors. The situation is not likely to improve anytime soon as chains such as Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts are increasing the price of their retail coffee lines – in some instances by as much as 17 and 38 percent.
This is all happening while consumers are demanding higher quality coffee – and more of it – than ever before. For operators, who have made concerted efforts to improve their in-store coffee experiences, the increases couldn't come at a worse time.
Here's a look at a few of the issues surrounding the price of beans:
Futures & traders
Over the past year, the cost of raw (green) coffee has gone from about $1.30 per pound, where it was in June 2010, to close to $3.10. One driver of the increase has been the futures market, which has seen an uptick in investments because of an increased interest in commodities.
While there were commodities investments five years ago, the volume of that interest was on a much lower scale, said Randy Layton with Boyd's Coffee Co.
Source: QSRweb.com