{"id":3729,"date":"2015-07-29T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T22:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/examining-the-volatile-market-at-lets-talk-coffee-2014-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T21:12:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T21:12:56","slug":"examining-the-volatile-market-at-lets-talk-coffee-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/examining-the-volatile-market-at-lets-talk-coffee-2014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Examining the volatile market at Let&#8217;s Talk Coffee\u00ae 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjmF9smcLVY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Let\u2019s Talk Coffee\u00ae is known throughout the coffee world as an event like no other. Held in a different coffee-growing country each year, Let\u2019s Talk Coffee\u00ae draws a higher contingent of coffee producers than any other industry gathering. But it\u2019s not just growers who come to Let\u2019s Talk Coffee\u00ae: Coffee professionals from around the world\u2014from roasters to NGOs to financiers\u2014flock to the event to create a truly unique origin experience.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The next Let\u2019s Talk Coffee\u00ae will take place in November in Kigali, Rwanda\u2014stay tuned for further details, to be announced in the coming weeks. In anticipation of the Rwanda event, we\u2019re taking a look at some memorable moments from Let\u2019s Talk Coffee\u00ae 2014, which took place in Panama. Enjoy this blast from the past, and we\u2019ll see you in Rwanda!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Everyone involved in the coffee supply chain knows that producers, roasters, and other stakeholders operate at the whim of an extremely volatile C market that creates challenges with every sharp rise and steep fall.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of this video alone illustrates the volatility of the market: Though it was recorded just 10 months ago, it documents a significantly different climate, where the market price was around $2.20 a pound (currently it\u2019s hovering around $1.20). The presentations and panel captured here are interesting not just because they reflect a changed market, but because many of the insights provided here still ring true\u2014even when the market was well over $2, there were still essential conversations focused on bringing better prices to growers.<\/p>\n<p>Gathered for this presentation and panel is an elite group of market experts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leslie Josephs, Wall Street Journal<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Brando, P&amp;A Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Ric Rhinehart, SCAA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following Leslie\u2019s overview of the market and Carlos\u2019 look at weather patterns and the perils of climate change, Ric joins the pair for a fascinating panel discussion that covers a wide range of topics that include global consumption patterns now and in the future; consumers\u2019 increasing recognition of quality and willingness to pay more for it; and the unique coffee economy of the conference\u2019s host country, Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these experts\u2019 takes on the complicated market that constantly influences our industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone involved in the coffee supply chain knows that producers, roasters, and other stakeholders operate at the whim of an extremely volatile C market that creates challenges with every sharp rise and steep fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ltc-talks-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3746,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3729\/revisions\/3746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.letstalkcoffee.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}