From supply and demand to numbers, networks, and narratives confronting the commodification of specialty coffee producers Peter W. Roberts

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Peter W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coffee--Prices.

Coffee.

Coffee industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Confronting the commodification of specialty coffee producers

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

This book poses a question for economic sociologists: as expanding specialty coffee markets call for higher-quality coffees produced and transacted in certain ways, why is there not a widespread expectation that the producers who grow these differentiated coffees should receive prices that are commensurate with the economic value they create? Moving past an overly simple economics, Roberts does not accept that problematic specialty coffee pricing is the direct result of ongoing problems with global supply and demand. The real problems are that the people who grow differentiated specialty coffees do not have access to relevant price information and that they have outdated market connections. These numbers and networks problems are exacerbated by a more fundamental problem. Conversations about the value of green specialty coffees remain rooted in an outdated pricing narrative that features global scarcity rather than quality-based differentiation

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 12, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191914331

0191914339

9780192644909

0192644904

OCLC:

1592065517

Publisher Number:

CIPO000395153

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license