Food & Beverages

Coffee

How do you take it? Black? White with six sugars? With ice and tonic? However it’s served, coffee is the world’s most popular drink. From flat whites to skinny lattes, from iced cappuccinos to double espressos, over two billion cups of coffee are drunk every day.

LDC has been in the coffee business for over 30 years. We deal in all major Arabica and Robusta coffee qualities, serving a diverse range of customers across the globe, from specialty roasters to multinational food companies.

LDC coffee beans have been used by our customers for over 30 years

Our Sustainability Efforts

We contribute to a more sustainable coffee industry through certification programs and through projects with expert organizations such as Sustainable Trade Initiative. These activities encourage responsible sourcing and support coffee growers directly to adopt more sustainable farming practices.

Our dedicated coffee sustainability team works directly with a network of over 22,000 smallholder coffee farmers, producing 2.5 million bags of sustainably certified or verified coffee every year.

Our Coffee Products:

Robusta Beans

Robusta coffee beans are produced largely at lower altitudes in the tropical areas of Asia and Africa. Vietnam is the world’s largest producer.

We supply the full spectrum of Robusta qualities, from standard grades to wet polished and washed Robustas.

These include Monsoon Malabar, Mysore Nuggets Extra Bold (MNEB), LD Soft Touch and Robusta Kaapi Royale.

Arabica Beans

Milder, more aromatic and with less caffeine, Arabica coffee makes up the bulk of world production and is grown mainly at higher altitudes in tropical and temperate regions of the Western hemisphere. Brazil is the world’s largest producer of Arabica coffee beans.

We supply the full spectrum of Arabica qualities, from standard grades to wet polished and washed Arabicas.

These include Bourbon, Catuai, Catimor, Java and Maragogipe.

Specialty Coffee

In the US, LDC has been marketing specialty coffees through our Zephyr brand since 2006. Quality control, efficient logistics, risk management and contractual accountability – the pillars of green coffee trading – add value and stability to our supply chain.

Zephyr has a diverse offering of brands, including:

Costa Rica – Las Trojas Superior, La Pastora

Brazil – Peaberry Fine Cup, Siriema, Cerrado

Roasted Coffee

Roasting is the heat process that turns green coffee beans into the fragrant, dark brown beans that form the basis of one of the world’s most popular drinks.

Successful roasters have mastered the art and science of blending various grades and origins to attain a consistent cup of coffee that maintains its uniformity despite limited harvest windows when each coffee is at its peak.

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