Sample entry. Written to exercise the Coffee Pulse templates — the association has not published this.

The members’ forum runs alongside the Addis Coffee Cup, in the same week as the diplomacy evening and the international delegation. It is the one fixture in the year where the association’s own commitments are set in front of the people they are made to.

What members brought

Three themes, and they were the same three the association hears between forums: the cost of proving what a lot is, the time it takes to reach a buyer who wants it, and what happens to a premium between the washing station and the port.

What was undertaken

Each item raised at the forum is recorded against a named commitment and reported back at the next one. A forum that does not do that is a meeting.

Sample entry. Written to exercise the Coffee Pulse templates — the association has not published this.

The association was founded in 1969 by Ethiopian coffee exporters, as a non-profit whose purpose was to promote Ethiopian coffee in the international market. It represents the sector’s actors from smallholder farmers through to exporters, and it is affiliated to the Specialty Coffee Association, the African Fine Coffee Association, the Specialty Coffee Association of Japan, the International Coffee Organization and the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority.

What has not changed

Quality, traceability and sustainability were the three words on the jubilee, and they are still the three the association is measured against. What has changed is that all three are now things a buyer expects to be shown rather than told.

What has

The record. An association that once made introductions now holds the provenance file, runs the grading standard, and does the compliance work once, for everyone.