Conventional coffee supply through traditional export channels continues to be central to trading operations at DRW. Despite the growth of the niche speciality and certified markets conventional supply continues to feed the bulk of the mainstream market and to sustain the industry at large. Our goal is to supply commercially priced coffees without compromising on quality.
We have built up and maintain long standing relationships with exporters in all major coffee origins that allows us to continually offer consistent and high quality conventional grades.
Conventional grades of coffee remain indexed to benchmark market prices, NYBOT for arabica and Liffe for robusta. Consequently, DRW makes use of hedging instruments in order to minimise our risk to market volatility.
More recently we have been able to offer greater traceability on our conventional coffees, which enables us to promote an open relationship in the supply chain where possible. This allows for improved quality control and the development of long-term relationships between our customers and and suppliers.