The Vournas Coffee Blog
Happy Holidays To You And Your Family

Dear roasters, friends and coffee lovers, As another year in coffee comes to an end, it’s an honor to have you alongside us sharing in the adventure. Wherever you find yourself today and in the coming weeks, be it at home with family or abroad with friends and loved ones,…
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What Matters Most

To the members of The Vournas Coffee Trading family, While all our roasters are busy roasting away (with no rest through the holidays) we at Vournas Coffee Trading would like to say thanks. While there is so much unrest that is uncontained in the world today, it brings to light…
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From Here to Honduras

Having flown out of Oaxaca, Mexico earlier in the day, and now on the second leg of my journey with Dave Day and Geron Gray of Growers First, I landed in San Pedro Sula, Honduras ready to hit the ground running and stay on schedule to meet with several Honduran…
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Many Miles to Oaxaca

Last month I arrived in Oaxaca, Mexico and began a two day journey to the isolated coffee community of Ixtepec. This was no vacation. Traveling with Dave Day and Geron Gray of Growers First, I was part of a call-to-action aimed at saving a group of Mexican coffee farmers whose…
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Vournas Coffee Kicks Off Summer 2015 With Free Shipping

So they say there is nothing free in life. Well in this case there is. Vournas Coffee Trading is offering free shipping to new customers on their first order with Vournas Coffee. Of course there are a few restrictions, but this offer will run thru Dec. 30, 2015. Please contact…
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A Little Bit Of This, A Little Bit Of That

As we march forward to summer, the half year of 2015 is coming fast. New crops continue to trickle out of origin as late rains and port delays have slowed new crop arrivals. What’s new for Vournas Coffee this year? Plenty! With Sumatra microlots arriving next week, to Guatemala Dulce…
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From Sumatra With Love

On our continuing quest to find and hunt down fantastic and rare coffees we have truly found several gems from Sumatra. Our newest member of our Sumatran coffee family of coffees will be called Sumatra Lintong Triple Pick Tiger. This coffee is grown south of Lake Toba in the village…
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Here’s To A Great 2015

Wow, 2014 is closing to an end. It’s been a crazy year with a lot going on, but it is always like that in the coffee importing business. Current Market Trends The coffee market has softened due to more favorable rain in Brazil and a revision of next year’s crop.…
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Kicking The Tires | What To Expect From The Coffee Market In 2015

What’s up with, or in this case what’s DOWN with the coffee market? There has never before been more uncertainty in the coffee market as there is today. With certified stocks at the lowest in years, the Brazil crop at numbers on the low end, and finally the continued coffee…
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MacLeod Wins PCCA Cupper Of The Year

We are very proud to announce that VCT’s own, Stu MacLeod has won this year’s Pacific Coast Coffee Association PCCA Cupper Of The Year Award. PCCA's Annual Cupping Competition For the last 13 years the cupping has been held at the Annex and honors green coffee legend, Pete McLaughlin. A…
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