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Proudly, we’re part of 230 years of forward thinking, expertise and innovation. Click through the slideshow for a view of how far we’ve come in an also-changing world.

  • 1783

    Volcafe’s parent company, ED&F Man, is founded in London by sugar-trader James Man.

  • 1851

    Salomon and Johann Georg Volkart found Volkart Brothers, to conduct trade between Switzerland and the Indian subcontinent.

  • 1875

    Volkart Brothers opens a branch office in southern India.

  • 1882

    The New York Coffee Exchange trades its first coffee contracts.

  • 1950

    Coffee becomes Volkart Brothers’ main activity. The company trades coffees from Latin America and has export companies in Brazil, Guatemala and Costa Rica.

  • 1974

    The term "specialty coffee" is coined (by trader Erna Knutsen) to differentiate between mass, commercial beans and the highest-quality coffees.

  • 1979

    Washed Arabica – the most common specialty coffee – represents 48 percent of global coffee production.

  • 1989

    Swiss conglomerate ERB acquires Volkart Brothers’ coffee business and renames it Volcafe.

  • 2001

    Volcafe launches Volcafe Specialty Coffee (VSC), to promote specialty coffee in the United States.

  • 2004

    ED&F Man acquires Volcafe, making it one of the world’s largest coffee merchants.

  • 2014

    Washed Arabica production falls below 26 percent of global coffee production.

  • 2015

    Volcafe researches and develops a global approach to sourcing sustainable, high-quality Arabica coffees.

  • 2016

    Volcafe Way is launched. Farmer support organization (FSO) teams are trained in nine countries. Programs in two more countries are underway.

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Volcafe Specialty Coffee
3 West Main St.
Suite 203
Irvington, NY 10533
T: (914) 752.7706

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