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Maya Brooks

Maya Brooks follows the imported commodities Korean buyers depend on, starting with green coffee. The coverage separates exchange benchmarks from what a roaster or café actually pays once currency, freight, quality premiums, and contract timing are counted.

Articles by Maya Brooks

  1. A container ship stacked with containers berthed beneath red gantry cranes at a container terminal in Busan

    Coffee & Markets8 min read

    From Green Bean to Iced Americano: How Korea’s Coffee Price Is Built

    In 2025 the green coffee Korea imported cost half as much again, and café chains raised their Americanos. Public records can follow the bean from the exchange to the border and into the cup, and they show why the bean alone cannot explain a menu price.

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  2. A café on Jeju Island with a window view over Woljeongri beach

    Coffee & Markets6 min read

    Coffee in Korea: A Buyer’s Dashboard Begins Before the Roast

    A café menu is set in won, but a green-bean decision crosses currencies, contracts, quality, freight and time. The useful dashboard is not a prediction engine—it is a way to see which question belongs to which signal.

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