Coffee Supplier Boston MA

Making a coffee house depends on a lot of different things, and the success of a coffee house can be influenced by a lot of different factors. Employees, location, the design of the shop, ambiance, even little things like music, can all make large differences in the sorts of audience any given coffee shop will appeal to, and via that factor, how much money a coffee shop will be able to make. But the main ingredient of any successful coffee business is right there in the name – the coffee itself. Fine, you say, sure. Obviously. Of course, the key to any successful coffee business is going to be, no surprise, the coffee. But what you may not have considered is how best to get an edge on the coffee market – and you can only do that through carefully educating yourself and picking the right coffee supplier.

Coffee, of course, is made from the roasted beans of the coffee plant, originally grown and discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia around 800 – 900 AD. It’s been a popular drink since then, around the world, and has become astoundingly diverse in terms of flavor, texture, and strength. Different coffees can be made by using different beans, different roasting methods, different brewing methods, or any combination of the above. What you need to focus on when thinking about coffee suppliers are the first two factors – bean type and roasting method, unless you plan to do your own roasting, in which case you only need to worry about coffee suppliers in terms of the beans themselves.

Coffee has, since its discovery and first uses in Northern Africa, always been an extremely popular and sought after drink. In fact, in some areas, such as much of Africa and parts of Yemen, coffee was even used in religious ceremonies. Today, coffee has spread around the world and ranks as one of the world’s most popular drinks – in fact, coffee in today’s bustling international economic marketplace sits proudly in the place as the world’s seventh largest legal agricultural export, and sits at the position of top agricultural export for twelve countries worldwide.
One of the main consumers, of course, of that vast amount of export, is the United States. Because nearly every exporter of coffee ships as coffee suppliers to the United States, buyers in the United States can buy coffee wholesale from just about anywhere in the world, ensuring wholesale coffee beans of any variety and flavor imaginable – the coffee shop owner’s dream. But how to choose among this vast crowd of coffee suppliers? How do you know where to buy, how much to pay, and what to look for in coffee? These are all good questions, and should be carefully considered before going into the coffee business. So sit back, brew a cup of your favorite Joe, and let’s get right down to business.

Nearly all coffee in the United States is imported, rather than grown locally, due to climate issues. The top international producer of coffee, by almost twice as much as the following competitor, is Brazil, dealing in around $1.8 billion of the coffee trade every year. Vietnam comes in second, followed by Indonesia, Columbia, and Mexico. Coffee prices fluctuate, but currently hover at around a dollar per pound on import market, down from almost three ten years ago. Coffee is one of the world’s most valuable traded commodities after oil, and is an important tool in helping third world countries develop. If you’d like to add a humanitarian aspect to your coffee business, consider buying your coffee from developing, poorer countries, in order to support growing economies worldwide. Who could have thought a simple coffee bean could do so much!

When you’re considering overseas coffee suppliers, also think about the ways in which the beans and coffee plants were grown. The traditional method of growing coffee is to grow the plant in the shade of a forest, a method known as the “traditional shaded method.” This allows the coffee plant to provide shelter and habitat for a number of small and helpful insects and other small life, and thus contribute to the local ecology. However, this also causes the berries to mature more slowly and thus, in the long run, results in a lower yield. So, even though many coffee connoisseurs believe that the shaded method results in a better cup of coffee, many modern farmers have been switching to field-based coffee production, which results in higher and faster yields, but also requires the use of insecticides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. So it goes beyond the taste – traditional coffee is better for the environment and may well be better for you. This, too, is something to consider when you’re working on looking for overseas coffee distributors to supply you with wholesale coffee beans.

Highland Estates Coffee Traders

781-782-6950
9 Normac Road
Woburn, MA