Cropster and Algrano connect green coffee planning with direct sourcing
Offers from Algrano’s verified producers now appear in Cropster’s Harvest Buying Calendar, next to the buying windows for each origin you buy. It comes at no extra cost to Cropster customers in Europe and North America.
Join Cropster and Algrano live on November 16 to plan your 2027 sourcing. No Cropster account needed.
Many roasters buy green coffee at short notice
Your buying plan and producer offers, in one view
Whether you buy spot, plan forward contracts months ahead, or do both, you need to know which coffees are available, when to buy them, and how each purchase fits your plan and budget. Planning usually happens in one place and sourcing in another.
See your buying windows
The Harvest Buying Calendar shows your historical green coffee volume and the buying window for each origin.
See offers from producers
Offers from Algrano’s verified producers appear as an option alongside your own buying plan.
Buy directly
You buy from the producer through Algrano, which provides the financing, logistics, and trade expertise behind the purchase.
How Roasters and Producers benefit
For roasters
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Plan and source in the same place, instead of moving between a buying plan and separate offer lists
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Buy directly from producers, and build relationships with the people who grow your coffee
For producers
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Reach roasters while they are actively planning their purchases
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Build new commercial relationships, and manage them yourself through Algrano
“Raphael and I saw the same problems in coffee from different sides, and we set out to solve them in different ways. That’s why Cropster and Algrano fit together so well. Roasters already hold the data they need to plan their buying. Algrano gives them a way to act on it directly with producers, so more of what they spend reaches the people who grow the coffee.”
CEO and co-founder, Cropster
“Coffee is a people business. We envision a future where producers and roasters are connected and co-create coffee products. Algrano and Cropster have built complementary parts enabling direct trade at scale, leading to transparency and traceability by design. This partnership is an important step towards making our shared vision a reality.”
CEO and co-founder, Algrano
Plan your 2027 sourcing
A joint session from Cropster and Algrano. Best practices on seasonality, shipping windows, and the quality-versus-quantity trade-offs roasters weigh every season. Then a 12-month buying plan built live in the Harvest Buying Calendar, and open Q&A. You don’t need a Cropster account to join.
Can’t join live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording.
About Cropster
Founded in 2007 in Innsbruck, Austria, Cropster is a coffee productivity platform for the coffee value chain, from producers to roasters to cafés. Roasteries use it to run green coffee, roasting, quality, production, and sales in one system. Cropster supports thousands of coffee businesses in more than 100 countries.
About Algrano
Algrano provides technology-enabled Direct Trade infrastructure that allows coffee producers and roasters to trade with greater transparency, independence, and control. Combining a digital marketplace with financing, logistics, and trade expertise, Algrano has been making it easier for both sides to build and manage their own commercial relationships since 2015.
Media contacts
Priyanshu Gautam, Senior Product Marketing Manager
priyanshu.gautam@cropster.com
Geoff Woodley, Product Marketing Manager
geoff@algrano.com