
Membership
Your Support
The challenges facing coffee are bigger than any one company can solve alone. Through collective investment in agricultural R&D, World Coffee Research creates new varieties that address multiple business and sustainability risks to ensure a vibrant coffee sector. Every coffee business—large and small alike—is called to do their part and invest in creating the future of our industry.

Address the climate crisis and improve farmer livelihoods.
Variety development is one of the most powerful tools we have to help farmers adapt to climate change and reduce carbon emissions from coffee farming.

Mitigate business and sustainability risks.
Variety development is an auditor-approved CRSD/ESG strategy to assure supply and business continuity and sustain origin diversity, quality, and market differentiation.
Ensure the future of high-quality coffee.
Through research, we can create more resilient plants and ensure a future where naturally grown coffee is not only available and accessible but meets roasters' needs for quality.
Testimonials

From when we started Driftaway, we have been looking for more ways to contribute to better the lives of coffee growers. We realized that the biggest challenge for farmers was unpredictability. Things like climate change, weather patterns, and coffee plant diseases. And that's where the critical work of World Coffee Research fits perfectly—by helping farmers live more sustainable lives by growing better coffee.
—Suyog Mody, CEO, Driftaway Coffee

Coffee farming is at risk from multiple directions. WCR brings together the global coffee industry to utilize science-based solutions to help ensure the long-term and diverse supply of coffee that is critical to the future of the industry.
—Mark Howell, Director of Green Coffee & Tea, Community Coffee

Some problems are so big that they can nearly extinguish hope. Supporting WCR's work, even in a small way, helps us remain hopeful and feel connected to a larger mission.
—David Yake, Director of Sustainability, Tony's Coffee

WCR is science to save coffee. It’s that simple, that vital. No single country, no single company can do this; that is why our basis is collaborative, our successes open source. The beneficiary, by charter, is the coffee farmer, who contends with commerce and nature, to our good fortune.
—Doug Welsh, Vice President of Coffee, JDE Peet's

Lavazza and WCR share the same concerns about origin diversity in the face of the climate crisis, and we believe that the acceleration of innovations in coffee agriculture is possible. [WCR's] objectives truly resonate with companies like ours, not just from an economic sustainability point of view, but also as a supply chain risk management strategy.
—Mario Cerutti, Chief Institutional Relations & Sustainability Officer, Lavazza Group

If we want to secure a long-term supply of good quality coffee at reasonable prices and quantities, we need the support of science to help us develop the varieties of the future. We are super convinced that engaging together with other companies in World Coffee Research is the right thing to do.
—Pablo von Waldenfels, Director of Corporate Responsibility, Tchibo Coffee

We welcome fair competition for a place on kitchen tables based on our coffee’s quality, taste and aroma. But there’s one thing we cannot afford to compete over: the future of coffee itself. This isn’t just about business—it’s about preserving a global asset and protecting millions of livelihoods. We must unite to ensure coffee’s sustainability for generations to come.
—Monique Oxender, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Keurig Dr Pepper

WCR ensures the future of coffee by bringing the industry together to address critical long-term global coffee supply risks. We need new varieties of coffee to support smallholder coffee farmers, preserve our origin diversity, and ensure consumers can enjoy the spectrum of tastes the expect from their favorite brands.
—Jim Trout, Vice President, Research & Development, The J.M. Smucker Co.

Allegro is proud to support WCR and their important work in selecting the best-performing coffee varieties that meet the criteria needed for farmers, buyers, and our ever-changing environment.
—Kelly Amoroso, Senior Coffee & Tea Buyer, Allegro Coffee

We believe in supporting the future of specialty coffee for generations to come through science and data-driven research...there’s a huge potential to directly support producers—that’s why we’re excited to be even more involved now than ever before.
—Andrew Miller, Cafe Imports

We believe that World Coffee Research's work in finding and developing new, resistant coffee varieties is of utmost importance in surmounting the challenges posed by extreme climate and environmental events. It is important for us as a coffee business to help future-proof the diversity of coffee and do our utmost to improve coffee yields and secure income for the farmers of tomorrow.
—Giacomo Celi, Head of Partnerships, Sucafina
Become a Member
Membership is open to any company whose business depends on or involves coffee and whose membership is consistent with WCR’s mission. Membership fees support all of WCR’s vital research activities.
Checkoff Program
Contribution tied to coffee purchasing volumes.
For companies that purchase or trade coffee and want their WCR contribution built into the cost of coffee.
Annual Contribution
A fixed contribution amount each year.
Works for any kind of company (roasters, retailers, allied, etc.) funding across departments (R&D, marketing, sustainability).
Not sure which membership is right for your business? Use our support calculator to best determine your investment level. New members can start at a lower amount and gradually step up over a three-year period to reach the target fee indicated here. Please contact us to discuss in more detail, and ways we can help build internal stakeholder support.
FAQ
World Coffee Research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come.
The primary return on investment for member companies is the mitigation of key business and sustainability risks. Our collective investment model provides multiple advantages, including:
• Pooling resources to accomplish variety development at a scale that would be prohibitive for most individual companies to invest in alone;
• Delivering an industry-driven, product-focused research agenda;
• Joining forces with peers to unlock public investment aligned with industry priorities, and
• Ensuring benefit to farmers, producing countries, and coffee companies.
Member benefits are the ways in which World Coffee Research engages companies in its research so that members can steward investment in alignment with their specific interests, including members-only education and connection opportunities, communications support, content packages, participation in cupping new varieties and advocacy, in addition to recognition. For example, our new member portal provides a fantastic, centralized repository of resources that anyone working for a member company is eligible to access. Please see our member benefits document above and contact us for more information.
World Coffee Research is a 501(c)(5) nonprofit agricultural organization. As such, WCR is exempt from U.S. federal income tax. In the U.S., contributions to WCR may be tax-deductible as trade or business expenses. WCR is not a 501c3, therefore contributions are not tax deductible for individuals. Please consult your tax advisor to determine whether and to the extent to which your donation may be deductible.
We offer a simple membership fee structure with four (4) primary categories for industry stakeholders to partner with us: brand roasters/manufacturers/retailers, business-to-business roasters/manufacturers, green coffee suppliers/traders/decaffeinators, and allied companies in the coffee value chain (including equipment, flavoring, food, producers, and consulting). If you don’t see that your business fits into these categories but are interested in becoming a member, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss options with you.
Placement in volume/revenue bands is made using current-year figures, to determine membership rate for the following year. WCR membership will be on a calendar year basis. If a member company’s green coffee volume or volume-equivalent increases such that the company would move into a higher membership band, the member will have two years to reach the new target level. At the time of annual renewal, members can also change between the Fixed Rate annual contributions and Checkoff options.
Companies are encouraged to become members of WCR at their appropriate level, and new membership provides for a three-year period of increasing investment to meet this target. Making a financial contribution to WCR at a lower amount is possible, but does not come with member benefits. Please contact us to discuss further.

Enhance Your Contribution

We are part of 1% for the Planet!
WCR is an approved Nonprofit Partner of 1% for the Planet. Participating coffee businesses that participate can count their contributions to WCR toward their 1% for the Planet commitments.
Our Members
Our members—companies large and small—come together to collectively invest in coffee research and create new varieties that establish a critical foundation for a vibrant and sustainable coffee sector in diverse coffee origins. Join us!
Members
Thank you to all the companies who generously support our work and make it possible.
Coffee tree (★★★★)
Seedling (★★★)
- Allegro Coffee Company
- Arvid Nordquist HAB
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Coffee Circle
- Coffein Compagnie
- Community Coffee Company
- Counter Culture Coffee
- Dutch Bros Coffee
- Finlays
- Intelligentsia Coffee
- Lincoln & York Ltd.
- Marks and Spencer
- Philz Coffee
- Sucafina SA/Sustainable Harvest
- Sucden Coffee
- Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
Sprout (★★)
- Ally Coffee
- AREA 51 Coffee Roasters
- Asahi Quality & Innovations
- Atkinsons Coffee Roasters
- Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co.
- Bell Lane Coffee
- Bettr Coffee
- Black Oak Coffee Roasters
- Blossom Coffee Roasters
- Bodum
- Bontain Coffee Co.
- Boomtown Coffee
- BUNA
- Cafcom Trading
- Cafe Imports
- CafeTracker
- Calendar Coffee
- Camber Coffee
- Caravan Coffee
- Caravela Coffee USA
- Ceremony Coffee Roasters
- Coffee Bros.
- Coffee Libre
- Coffee Nexus
- Coffee Unified
- Coffeebar
- Covoya Ltd.
- Craft House Coffee
- Crankhouse Coffee
- Cumpa
- CUPRIMA
- Curve Coffee Roasters
- Dark Woods Coffee
- Dear Green Coffee Roasters
- Demus S.p.A.
- Descamex
- DRWakefield
- ECRE
- Equator Coffees
- Fadie Sasaguri Roastery Corporation
- FiXX Coffee
- Flores Island Coffee
- Forecast Coffee Company
- Fuglen Coffee Roasters Oslo
- Fulcrum Coffee
- Hormozi Coffee
- Huckleberry Roasters
- I & M Smith
- Imbibe Coffee Roasters
- Intercontinental Coffee Trading
- iO Coffee
- Irving Farm New York
- Izaki Coffee Co.
- Java City
- Kaldi Coffee Farm Online Store
- Kelachandra Coffee
- Kerchanshe Trading PLC
- KIM House Roaster
- Klatch Coffee
- Kua Coffee
- Kurasu LLC
- Limini Coffee
- List + Beisler
- Little Waves Coffee Roasters
- Madcap Coffee Company
- Market Lane Coffee
- Marubeni Foods
- Melbourne Coffee Merchants
- Metric Coffee
- Moon Roast
- Moplaco Trading PLC
- Mr. Espresso
- Murnauer Kaffeerösterei
- Nylon Coffee
- Ome by Spacebar Coffee
- One Village Coffee
- Origin Coffee Roasters
- OutIn
- Passenger Coffee & Tea
- Philippine Coffee and Barista Insitute
- Polyplants
- Prometheus Coffee Roasters
- Rave Coffee
- Raw Bean Limited
- Rimini Coffee
- Ringtons Ltd.
- River Coffee Roasters
- Roast House Coffee
- Rumble Coffee Roasters
- S. Ishimitsu & Co.
- Sarutahiko Coffee, Inc.
- SC Foods, Co. Ltd
- SCS Global Services
- Solberg & Hansen
- Steim
- Stitch Coffee
- StoneX Specialty Coffee
- Sweet Maria's Coffee Inc.
- Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
- Taf Coffee
- Temecula Coffee Roasters
- Temple Coffee Roasters
- Toa Coffee Co. Ltd.
- Tony's Coffee
- Trabocca
- Vides58Coffees
- Whittard of Chelsea
- Wonderstate Coffee
Seed (★)
- Barclay Bean
- Black Kat Cafe Company
- Bontain Coffee Co.
- Brew the Blend
- Buddha Java Inc.
- Cafeshi
- Cerebrew
- Ceremony Coffee Roasters
- Chouette Torréfacteur Laboratoire
- Cup of Courage Coffee
- Cwtch Coffee
- Forecast Coffee Company
- Fort Findlay Coffee & Doughnut Shoppe
- Friday Coffee Roasters
- Future Seed Colombia
- Green Coffee Collective
- Hardhat Coffee Co.
- Hessian Coffee Limited
- Hound House Coffee
- Iron Soldiers Coffee Company
- Kurasu LLC
- Mr. Bean Coffee Ltd.
- Necesitas Cafe
- Nemesis Coffee
- Nincomsoup
- Overview Coffee Japan
- Peekskill Coffee
- Rescue Pup Coffee Co.
- Roastwolf
- Roundtable Coffee Works
- Sailors Coffee Company
- Samadool Coffee
- Satoru Coffee
- Sheepdog Coffee Ltd
- SipSation Coffee Co.
- Supremo
- TBD Coffee Co
- The Old Captain
- The Pawfect Brew
- Tobias Coffee
- Wonder Waves
- World Coffee Research
- Wrangler Coffee Company
Checkoff Program Participants
Thank you to all the roasters, retailers and suppliers that make this program possible
Participating Suppliers, Matching
These suppliers provide matching and/or additional financial contributions to WCR.
Participating Suppliers
- Agroindustrias Unidas de Mexico (AMSA)
- Atlantic Specialty Coffee
- Be Green Trading SA
- Bourbon Specialty Coffee
- Cape Horn Coffee Company
- Collaborative Coffee Source
- Coopfam
- East Africa Coffee Co.
- Expocacer Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores do Cerrado
- Falcon Coffees Ltd.
- Gollücke & Rothfos
- Greencof
- La Bastilla Coffee Estates
- Paragon Coffee Trading Company
- Racafe
- Royal Coffee
- Volcafe Specialty Coffee
- Volcafe UK Ltd.
Participating Roasters & Retailers
- Allegro Coffee Company
- Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co.
- Black Oak Coffee Roasters
- Bodum
- Calendar Coffee
- Caravan Coffee
- Curve Coffee Roasters
- Dark Woods Coffee
- Dear Green Coffee Roasters
- ECRE
- Equator Coffees
- Huckleberry Roasters
- Intelligentsia Coffee
- Irving Farm New York
- Java City
- Limini Coffee
- Market Lane Coffee
- Mr. Espresso
- National DCP / Dunkin'
- Origin Coffee Roasters
- Philz Coffee
- Rave Coffee
- Red Bank Coffee Roasters
- Rimini Coffee
- Ringtons Ltd.
- Roast House Coffee
- Roundtable Coffee Works
- Stitch Coffee
- Taylors of Harrogate
- Temecula Coffee Roasters
- Temple Coffee Roasters
- Wonderstate Coffee