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Knowing how much coffee you'll need is one thing. Knowing when to buy it, and finding the right producer, is another.
Cropster and Algrano are bridging this gap in green coffee sourcing, helping you turn your roastery data into purchasing plans and new producer connections.
Roasters use Cropster to manage everything from green coffee, roasting, quality, production and sales in one system. It’s new Harvest Buying Calendar uses your historical green coffee purchasing information alongside origin harvest, buying and shipping windows to help you understand when to start sourcing.
Now, when an origin is in season to buy, you can discover featured coffees from Algrano's Verified Sellers directly within Cropster. Interested in a coffee? Click through to Algrano to explore the producer's offer, see pricing and order a free sample.
Algrano gives you the transparency and relationships of direct trade, with the operational ease you'd expect from an importer. Producers set their own coffee prices, you have visibility into those prices, and we provide the financing, logistics and import services that make buying directly from producers simple.
The integration will initially be available to Cropster roasters in Europe and North America, with relevant coffee recommendations appearing within the Harvest Buying Calendar when an origin is in its buying window.
From sourcing plan to producer partnership
Beyond the featured coffees in Cropster, Algrano's Marketplace lists coffee from Verified Producers across a broad range of origins, helping you find coffees that meet your quality, price, volume and sourcing requirements.
But there's more to discover than just coffee.
You can speak directly with producers, ask questions about their offers, understand their pricing and explore opportunities to work together over multiple harvests.
You and the producer connect directly, while Algrano supports both sides with the operations of trading.
Find coffees that fit your needs. Discover new producers. Build direct relationships.
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Building a better way to trade coffee
Algrano is on a mission to change how coffee is traded. We build the infrastructure that makes trading between producers and roasters direct, simple and tech-assisted, helping long-term business relationships provide greater stability in a volatile market.
Our partnership with Cropster is another step towards that ambition: connecting better planning with direct sourcing, so independent roasters and producers can build stronger businesses together.
Learn more: Plan Your 2027 Sourcing
Join Cropster's upcoming webinar, Plan Your 2027 Sourcing, to learn how to use roast history, origin buying windows, and forward purchasing opportunities to make 2027 your best green coffee buying year yet.
Cropster CEO Andreas Idl and Algrano CEO Raphael Studer will introduce the collaboration and explore how the Harvest Buying Calendar connects better sourcing plans with new producer opportunities.
