<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Meiero Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meiero Coffee]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:31:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.meierocoffee.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[#037 - Another Invisible Work Behind Specialty Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Direct trade demands capital. Here is how we’re structuring Meiero to survive the tough moments.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/037-another-invisible-work-behind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">95902298-78ce-4263-ab1f-869e07f8f5b2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:18:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_c8f9c87db752476c9d6edb0104f618a3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_872,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#036 - The NY Commodities Exchange Legacy vs. The Craft Future: Can Specialty Coffee Ever Untether from Futures Pricing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a 19th-century futures market built for commercial grade coffee forces craft roasters, and conscious consumers to rewrite the rules of trade.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/036-the-ny-commodities-exchange-legacy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0306fe81-7fa9-4bf5-948c-03d52f16c437</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_44d45b46bf874450913cc28fecb6b41c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_422,h_641,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#035 - Meiero’s European Home: Quick Lessons that Change Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Settling into our new base, summer holidays, and the real friction of global coffee expansion.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/035-meieros-european-home-quick-lessons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6327a013-99f5-41a7-a354-ea3d20b9feba</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:04:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_83fb2d496a9f4377bef2541055b22ee2~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_623,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#034 - Why the Supermarket Coffee Aisle Looks the Same]]></title><description><![CDATA[And how transparency and long-term relationships can change the game for specialty roasters.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/034-why-the-supermarket-coffee-aisle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6fd53944-f1fb-4a8b-a944-67db4814ee51</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_95f4c3ed0f7b4b8d8d0313acbbff2560~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_766,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#033 - Building a Two-Way Bridge: Santos to Rotterdam]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Brazil's delayed harvest means for European coffee buyers (and our move to the Netherlands).]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/building-a-two-way-bridge-santos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b8056bc4-5977-48db-805b-bd6abd26c0c2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:30:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_c4ac4ae2c2564455bcad65ec8d76f4fb~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#032 - Bridging Dutch Agritech and Brazilian Fields]]></title><description><![CDATA[Building a direct pipeline between European precision tech and Brazilian producers.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/032-bridging-dutch-agritech-and-brazilian</link><guid isPermaLink="false">edfe1e87-2701-4afb-90c8-8a7dcff9f1a4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:38:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_90d7c8f262714fa9a06d018a9d6d5113~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_767,h_497,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#031 - The Battle for the Clean Cup: Why Post-Harvest Tech is the New Frontier in Coffee Sourcing]]></title><description><![CDATA[As climate change complicates the harvest, a massive tech shift in the mill is quietly redrawing the lines between commercial and specialty coffee.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/031-the-battle-for-the-clean-cup</link><guid isPermaLink="false">70a94913-2481-4388-b53b-a5fe720699a4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_a2e789e464344cf3b9e45eb17914e599~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_877,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#030 - The Volatility Trap]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navigating coffee’s historic price swings through real relationships, not short positions.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/030-the-volatility-trap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">49a7977a-6d98-46ae-80cf-61f1b459b894</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_cf6215afefa54382a939baf18a84b985~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_986,h_681,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#029 - Liquid Markets, Dry Fields: De-risking the Coffee Supply Chain Through Green Tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate change is abstract; coffee prices are not. A data-driven look at Brazil's irrigation gap and the impact investment case for climate-proofing agriculture.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/029-liquid-markets-dry-fields-de</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d3b1ba14-eca1-4716-963a-d476855bc22f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:08:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_31dcd94416ac444e926632570ffc63ac~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_497,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#028 - Before the AI Hype: How A/B Testing Rewrote Our Coffee Harvest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why AI takes a backseat to old-school engineering in the race to escape the commodity trap.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/028-before-the-ai-hype-how-ab-testing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">73ccd6ad-52df-4208-a0b6-e7a71143ae79</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_4567b5a0e228409994e5efa9fe6328d3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#027 - Breaking the Cycle: Why the Best Brazilian Coffee is Staying at Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insights from our European tour, the realities of the 2026 crop, and why the "C" price doesn't tell the whole story.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/027-breaking-the-cycle-why-the-best</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bb8bb6f5-427f-422a-957f-0d2786a494e5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:23:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_3c0a609c6bcc4903b52bd7fcdb3b3046~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_622,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#026 - Managing Core Risks in an Unpredictable Coffee Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[With transit delays hitting up to 90 days and Brazilian exports down 24%, here is why the "just-in-time" model is broken—and how to protect your roastery from the squeeze.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/026-managing-core-risks-in-an-unpredictable</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f5aeb5-6271-460e-b5b8-8e70d2df2b55</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_c7182eb9af50445e9fc70ffb83b2b1a5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_872,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#025 - Why We Don't Incentivize Organic Coffee (Although We Love Organic Food)]]></title><description><![CDATA[We feed our kids organic food, but coffee is a completely different story. Here is what happened in Minas Gerais.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/025-why-we-dont-incentivize-organic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4cdce4d7-662b-4638-98c6-30878e78a90b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:08:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_c932ca1524d34ab08d8451bb6dd4cca6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#024 - Perpetuity Over Predictions: What the Brazil Harvest Means for Your Inventory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prices are correcting, but the backwardation trap isn't over yet.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/024-perpetuity-over-predictions-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fa8f61a1-f5f1-4bd8-8785-24cb2bbc36e4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:08:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_4538d59b8b5b4864b57d3e97eb7ca583~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_787,h_512,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#023 - Terroir Over Trademarks: Moving past the industrial "blend" to showcase the chocolatey naturals of Sul de Minas]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the Commodity Machine Broke Coffee, and How We’re Fixing the Supply Chain.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/023-terroir-over-trademarks-moving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f8f065c9-3a0e-4fa2-832d-531ca076fcff</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:08:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_6275bd37fd9049429d9f5a12147b5087~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_712,h_526,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#022 - From Farm to Roastery: Real Data on the Agroforestry Transition]]></title><description><![CDATA[What price differential is necessary for farmers to produce shade-grown sustainable coffee?]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/022-from-farm-to-roastery-real-data</link><guid isPermaLink="false">48a9f105-6971-49a1-95ad-21675e21e75b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:58:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_c6b1c7a6d41a491db2662f9b9f1daddc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_871,h_700,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#021 - Why Direct Coffee Sourcing is Harder (and More Rewarding) Than It Looks]]></title><description><![CDATA[“You have to suffer. Otherwise, you are not creating value.”]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/021-why-direct-coffee-sourcing-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7c62c820-987f-4a86-b90f-f08066586719</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:22:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_92315a10b54a497994c9bd53e408d9ee~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#020 - From Chemicals to Biologicals: Bridging the Regenerative Gap in Global Coffee]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have a mission to bring good practices from Europe to Brazil, especially regarding environmental issues.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/020-from-chemicals-to-biologicals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6d2fe473-91a9-432a-a8e2-9c4e54322fe0</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:28:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_63010b0d807143e4ae03e1cb0211f4ed~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_548,h_370,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#019 - The 90-Day Odyssey: Navigating War, Storms, and the Lessons of our First Container]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our shipment is on its final leg to Rotterdam. Here are some of our lessons learnt.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/019-the-90-day-odyssey-navigating</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c12763dc-c9ac-42cf-838e-988513ed9e9d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:08:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_4f562e533f2e48fbbd394b7110f28ec6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#018 - The Logistics Bottleneck: Vertical Integration and the Global Shipping Giants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brazil suffers from low competition among container carriers.]]></description><link>https://www.meierocoffee.com/post/18-food-and-the-gap-in-international</link><guid isPermaLink="false">1a6b5558-fb5a-417d-a5b8-62cd00c43984</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:08:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/775642_cef7ac7db1e74921b116aad363f4a871~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_931,h_519,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Renato Stivanin</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>