Trade Coffee

The World Cup is in full swing, and Queen City Collective Coffee, our newest roaster, put it well: "It's the world's sport, just like coffee is the world's drink, and we love watching and playing the game almost as much as we love coffee." There's something to that. The World Cup pulls together talent from every corner of the world. So does great coffee. It just happens more quietly, through producers, exporters, and roasters who've spent years building trust across borders. Founded by three brothers in Denver, Queen City Coffee has done just that, building their business on long-term relationships with producers. Welcome to Trade, Queen City Collective Coffee!!! 👉 Explore their coffees, along with coffees from over 55 other hidden-gem roasters, at drinktrade.com.

Excited to be nominated by Newsweek for 2026 Best Coffee Subscription 🏆 If you love us and think Trade is the best one out there, click the link to vote 👇 https://lnkd.in/e5i9eJ_k

We took a few editors on a coffee crawl, and this is what happened. Last month, our Director of Coffee Maciej Kasperowicz led a group through Greenwich Village, stopping at two of our roaster partners Irving Farm Coffee and Joe Coffee Company, along with a personal favorite Arcane Coffee that just so happens to be one of the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops. The vibe was less press tour, more inside scoop. It led to a dedicated feature in GMA, just in time for Father's Day (because a coffee subscription really is the perfect gift) 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehDb9H6J A huge thank you Michelle Katz for making it all happen 👏

We're hiring an FP&A Manager at Trade. ☕ You'll own our financial model, drive performance analysis, and report to our VP Finance — with visibility into senior leadership and board-level work. Plus, you'll help build the financial foundation for a new brand we're launching. Apply below or share with someone who'd be a great fit! 👇 https://lnkd.in/ecsV6zUC

Yesterday, we partnered with New York Cares for our semi-annual Day of Service. We worked with the wonderful staff at P.S. 380 John Wayne Elementary School to build benches for the staff and students, beautify bathrooms with painted murals, and clear out storage closets with years of old supplies to make room for new curriculum materials. Days like this remind us of how important it is to not only show up for our customers, roasters, and colleagues, but also for our local community. And to top it all off, a big win for the New York Knicks 🏀 !!!!

Quick math: daily coffee shop runs ($7 a cup × 365 days) hit different when you're living on an entry-level salary. WIRED named Trade one of the best graduation gifts this year, and honestly, we think so too https://lnkd.in/e8CrR9Zs Skip the gift card. Get them something they'll actually use every morning. Link in comments 👇

📣 PSA for anyone who forgot Mother's Day is this Sunday: A coffee subscription is the best last-minute gift because she'll never know you thought about it last minute. All you need to know: she drinks coffee. Once she gets her Trade subscription to her inbox (or printed out... you know your mom), she'll take a quick quiz and we'll match her to coffees she'll actually love. The best part? She'll be thanking you with every sip for months. 🏆 The Strategist, Good Housekeeping, Today, and The Sun all ranked us a top Mother's Day gift. We'll let them say it so we don't have to. Link in comments ☕

Happy National Cold Brew Day! Fun fact: you don't have to pay $7/cup for amazing cold brew. And when you use the right beans at home, it's café quality, not just cheaper. Start here: 📖 How to make cold brew → https://lnkd.in/e42gTDCp 🧊 Find your beans → https://lnkd.in/ejRj5igp

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤!? Our team just wrapped a whirlwind weekend in San Diego at World of Coffee 2026, with back-to-back roaster meetings, a lot of coffee tastings, and our Roaster Happy Hour for the third year running. On the coffee side: co-fermented lots were the talk of the floor, opinions split pretty evenly between the excited and the deeply skeptical. And the hot new alternative milk making the rounds? Corn 🌽 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: roasters are geared up for growth. 2025 was a grind navigating tariffs and rising coffee prices, but the mood at WoC this year was noticeably different - more optimistic and more forward-looking. Several partners are opening new roasteries or expanding capacity. The industry is cautiously back in growth mode, and roasters see Trade Coffee as a key partner to help them get there. Some themes that arose from our roaster conversations: ☕ Premium coffee came up in almost every meeting — roasters have incredible inventory and want more ways to showcase it 🫙 Espresso is a major assortment expansion opportunity — several roasters are actively looking to expand into it, and for those already there, it's performing well 📣 Marketing collaboration is finally a real opportunity — roasters aren't just interested anymore, they're ready to act 🌱 Newer roasters are thriving and eager to grow From our Director of Coffee, Maciej Kasperowicz: "My favorite coffee was an Edwin Noreña Sidra from Little Waves — it transported me back to eating a wild strawberry in my grandpa's garden. We tasted around 50 coffees, many of which were wildly delicious." Lots of work to do, and excited to do it alongside our roaster partners 🚀