{"id":45555,"date":"2020-12-16T17:58:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T17:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:dev.cafeimports.com\/blog\/?p=45555"},"modified":"2020-12-18T21:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T21:27:28","slug":"an-update-from-cafe-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/2020\/12\/16\/an-update-from-cafe-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"An Update on Sourcing Travel in the Time of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.7&#8243; src=&#8221;\/\/cdn.cafeimports.com\/images\/2021.png&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.7&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To our dearest friends, exporters, cuppers, mill managers, associations, cooperatives and most of all, to the farmers, producers and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">caficultores<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">world\u202f \u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0we miss you.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At Cafe Imports, one of our company\u2019s values is to\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">share<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0\u2014 share our ideas, share our knowledge, share our passion through example, and share in our experiences with our partners and peers.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">We cherish the opportunity to visit you and share a cup of coffee with you at your home, at the mill, or in the community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, we know that some of you have lost family members and loved ones, and we have felt that pain alongside you: We have seen first-hand the devastating impacts that Covid-19 has had in your communities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We know that travel is one of the risk factors of continuing to spread this disease, and we believe it is our responsibility to help stop that spread.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our green-buying team has not traveled since April of this\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">year, and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0will not be traveling for the foreseeable future. We will continue to work with you\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">remotely, and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship even through this difficult, strange time. This will remain our policy until significant progress has been made to end this global pandemic, and we will update\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">all of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0our partners quickly when there is any change.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At Cafe Imports, we have adapted to new realities in the way that we operate, and the specialty-coffee industry has shown its resilience and ability to adapt to particularly challenging conditions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While our industry is nowhere near back to normal and many companies face uncertainties about the future, we see glimmers of hope. Just as our relationship with you is the most significant part of the work we do, the same is true of our relationships with the roasters who buy your coffee: We have stayed in close contact with our customers and will continue to support your relationships with them, as they continue to innovate, progress, and find new ways to operate within an\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ever-changing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0landscape of restrictions and new regulations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The majority of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0our customer base is made up of passionate, engaged, diverse, and small- and id-size coffee roasting companies around the world. Our customers\u2019 caf\u00e9s and roasteries are places for community, inspiration, and conversation \u2014 all fueled by the specialty coffees that you produce.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These are people at the \u201cfront lines\u201d of our cultures and societies, engaging with the coffee drinkers of the world and whose business thrive on interaction and customer service.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Relationships have been at the heart of everything we do as an independently owned company from the very beginning. Now, more than ever, we are thankful for the relationships that we have built with you over the past 27 years. The combination of trust and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">partnership\u202fwe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0share with you, the dedication and hard work from our staff, and the support and adaptability of our customers has been a constant force of inspiration throughout a historic time of great uncertainty.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thank you for your continued partnership through this difficult year and all the years before\u2014and hopefully many to come. We can\u2019t wait for the day when we will be able to share that cup of coffee with you in person, and we wish you continued health in the meantime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To our dearest friends, exporters, cuppers, mill managers, associations, cooperatives and most of all, to the farmers, producers and\u00a0caficultores\u00a0of the\u00a0world\u202f \u2014\u00a0we miss you.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":45624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"site_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.cafeimports.com\/australia\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}