Episode Details

This is Part 4 of a five-part series with Sean Warner from the Honduran Coffee Alliance, exploring how coffee pricing is set today and how it may change in the future.

In this episode, Lee Safar and Sean Warner explore direct trade as a proposed solution to pricing instability. They discuss how different trade models function, where power sits in pricing conversations, and why direct trade succeeds in some contexts while failing in others.

The conversation focuses on pricing references, long-term relationships, and what enables producers to maintain meaningful prices over time.

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Guest Links

Sean Warner - Honduran Coffee Alliance

https://www.hondurancoffeealliance.ca/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-warner-3aba28108/

https://www.instagram.com/hondurancoffeealliance/

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