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Visit the new Ally blog at Ally Open, a a platform for roasters to purchase a curated selection of specialty coffees from Ally Coffee…
Ally Coffee
Jun 22, 2020
Roble Negro’s Coffee Forest
Roble Negro’s Coffee Forest
Roble Negro is a coffee producing company in Asseri, Costa Rica, with Finca Cedral Alto farm at the center of their operations.
Ally Coffee
May 12, 2020
Hacienda Sonora: Ally Coffee Selections
Hacienda Sonora: Ally Coffee Selections
Hacienda Sonora has been producing coffee for five generations in Carillo, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Producer Diego Guardia, today at the helm…
Ally Coffee
Apr 23, 2020
Minas Coffee Origins
Minas Coffee Origins
Ally Coffee specializes in exceptional coffees from Brazil. We proudly offer select microlots sourced through the new Minas Coffee…
Ally Coffee
Apr 3, 2020
Coffee from the Aponte Community
Coffee from the Aponte Community
Aponte coffees are a collaborative effort between the team at Cooperativa de Cafes Especiales de Nariño in the city of Buesaco and the…
Ally Coffee
Feb 27, 2020
Q Arabica Calibration Session
Q Arabica Calibration Session
You worked hard to earn that Q Arabica Grader license; now make sure to attend a Calibration session to keep it valid for another three…
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Feb 25, 2020
Becoming a Q Arabica Grader
Becoming a Q Arabica Grader
Becoming a licensed Q Arabica Grader is one way to verify your professional skills and participate in the coffee industry’s common…
Ally Coffee
Feb 19, 2020
Producing Organic Coffee
Producing Organic Coffee
Organic coffee is grown in many coffee producing regions around the world on
Ally Coffee
Feb 11, 2020
Processing Innovation and Expertise in Colombia
Processing Innovation and Expertise in Colombia
Processing coffee is all about variables — controlling one while adjusting another — and three producers in Colombia have been tweaking…
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Feb 3, 2020
Ethiopian Coffee Varieties
Ethiopian Coffee Varieties
Ethiopian coffee is often described as heirloom varieties. While there are many mountain forests filled with wild coffee, most of the…
Ally Coffee
Jan 31, 2020
Get to Know Espírito Santo
Get to Know Espírito Santo
Text and photos by Amanda Oliveira, Ally Coffee Green Buyer for Brazil
Ally Coffee
Dec 20, 2019
Receiving Green Coffee Deliveries
Receiving Green Coffee Deliveries
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Green Coffee
Ally Coffee
Dec 3, 2019
Sourcing in Central America
Sourcing in Central America
Text and photos by Bram De Hoog, Ally Coffee buyer for Central America
Ally Coffee
Nov 26, 2019
Conversations at Origin
Conversations at Origin
Ally Coffee’s buying team is based in four producing countries: Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Ethiopia. Members of the buying team…
Ally Coffee
Nov 21, 2019
Building Ceiba in Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Building Ceiba in Huehuetenango, Guatemala
By Bram de Hoog, Ally Coffee Buyer for Central America / Ceiba is Ally Coffee’s Core Coffee from Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
Ally Coffee
Oct 30, 2019
Café Leaders Community of Practice: Keys to the Shop
Café Leaders Community of Practice: Keys to the Shop
Once again, the Ally Coffee learning program will wrap up the year with a retreat for café leaders to reflect on this past year and…
Ally Coffee
Oct 16, 2019
Coffee Farming in Cerrado Mineiro
Coffee Farming in Cerrado Mineiro
Today, producers in Cerrado Mineiro grow 15% of Brazil’s coffee. Coffee production in the region began when farmers arrived from Parana.
Ally Coffee
Oct 14, 2019
Cerrado Mineiro Day 2019
Cerrado Mineiro Day 2019
Join us on Friday, October 4th, 2019 to celebrate incredible coffees with the Cerrado Mineiro Designation of Origin from Brazil!
Ally Coffee
Sep 16, 2019
Thailand’s Specialty Coffee Production
Thailand’s Specialty Coffee Production
Ally Coffee is excited to offer coffee from a new region: Thailand. Coffee growing in Thailand began as a project to eradicate opium…
Ally Coffee
Aug 28, 2019
All About Accessible Learning Programs
All About Accessible Learning Programs
A Note from Ildi Revi, Director of Learning at Ally Coffee
Ally Coffee
Aug 16, 2019
Coffee in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
Coffee in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
The department of Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua is home to many smallholder coffee farms, and this harvest Ally Coffee is excited to offer…
Ally Coffee
Jul 16, 2019
Coffee Origin: Sumatra
Coffee Origin: Sumatra
Understanding coffee origins, both the topographical and ecological conditions that create terroir and the sociopolitical conditions that…
Ally Coffee
Jun 26, 2019
Coffee Processing at Monteblanco
Coffee Processing at Monteblanco
Finca Monteblanco in La Tocora de San Adolfo, Huila, Colombia pioneers new coffee processing methods.
Ally Coffee
Jun 18, 2019
Volunteering in the Coffee Community
Volunteering in the Coffee Community
The coffee community is filled with events happening weekly around the world: public cuppings, open lecture series and roundtables…
Ally Coffee
Jun 4, 2019
Coffee, Carbon, and Climate Change
Coffee, Carbon, and Climate Change
Emissions, climate change, greenhouse gases — how are these related to sourcing coffee? The coffee supply chain at origin is working hard…
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May 28, 2019
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