WHAT IS THE SPECIALTY COFFEE TRANSACTION GUIDE?
The Transaction Guide is a useful tool for both sellers and buyers of differentiated green coffees who want to see increased equity and economic sustainability within specialty coffee markets.
WHY DOES THE COFFEE INDUSTRY NEED THE SPECIALTY COFFEE TRANSACTION GUIDE?
There are big questions facing specialty coffee producers and buyers. Unless price discovery for green specialty coffees moves beyond a reliance on commodity price references, producers cannot expect these prices to evolve in ways that excite them about investing in their coffee farms. Nor will these prices inspire the next generation to take up the mantle of differentiated coffee production.
This will make specialty coffee buyers increasingly concerned about future supplies of the differentiated coffees that they need to push these growing markets forward.
MULTIPLE YEARS OF SPECIALTY COFFEE PRICES
The current Transaction Guide focuses on data describing thousands of contracts from the last nine harvest seasons. These data are summarized as follows:
After reviewing the data donors that support this project, you are ready to download the 2025 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide. It will show you how recent green specialty coffee prices were influenced by coffee quality, lot size, and producing region and country. This information will be valuable in negotiations that determine the prices paid during subsequent harvest seasons by empowering sellers and buyers to look beyond commodity reference prices.
*Free on Board (FOB) prices are paid for coffees that are delivered and placed onto the ship at the port in the country of embarkation. They typically cover any overland transportation costs from mills or warehouses to the port of origin, but not any overseas shipping, insurance, or any transportation, customs, and overland freight costs incurred on arrival to the port of destination (International Chamber of Commerce)
SPECIALTY COFFEE TRANSACTION GUIDE REPORTS AND DATA BRIEFS
Our expanding database of specialty coffee contracts provides the foundation for a series of practical reports and data briefs that explore how specialty coffee markets work. These regular data summaries illuminate factors that systematically influence prices for green specialty coffees.
SCTG Reports and Data briefs
