Also called: Coffee Sourcing Manager, Coffee Importer
Travels to coffee farms around the world, tastes samples, and buys raw beans for roasters.
A green coffee buyer cups dozens of samples, flies to Colombia or Ethiopia to meet farmers, negotiates prices, and tracks shipping containers to the roastery.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's degree is common; Q Grader certification and coffee industry experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Business, Food Science, International Business.
Growing about average. Specialty coffee keeps growing.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps track prices and quality data; traveling to farms and tasting samples stay human.
Classes: Spanish, Economics, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1022.
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