Membership

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We are 170+ companies in 29 countries working to ensure the future of coffee.

Your Support

Why invest in the future of coffee?

The challenges facing coffee are bigger than any one company can solve. Through collaborative investment in agricultural R&D, we create the foundation for a vibrant and sustainable coffee sector in diverse coffee origins.

Improve coffee’s goodness.

Through research, we improve how good coffee tastes, how good it is for the planet, and how good it is for people who grow it.

Sustain origin diversity and global supply.

Working in strategic geographies, we ensure the long-term supply of quality coffee from diverse origins.

Address the climate crisis.

R&D creates tools, technology and knowledge to reduce the risk that farmers and companies face from climate change.

Become a Member

Two ways to join.

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).


Support Calculator

Not sure which membership is right for your business? Use our support calculator to best determine your investment and impact. New membership provides for a three-year period of increasing investment. Please contact us to discuss in more detail, and ways we can help build internal stakeholder support.

Checkoff Program

Annual Contribution

Fixed Value

Helpful Documents

Learn more about membership.

FAQ

Common Questions

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.

In 2022, WCR transitioned to a new membership model that links contribution amount to coffee purchase volumes or annual revenue. The transition provides greater equity and transparency among member companies and is more appropriate for securing the kind of long-term, sustainable funding required for agricultural research. Membership fees are unrestricted contributions that provide critical funding for all of WCR’s research activities.

We adopted a simple, straight-forward 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, consulting). If you don't see that your business fits into these categories but are keen to become 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 reach the target level. 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.

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.

In support of engaging companies in WCR’s work, we offer additional benefits proportionate to contribution and customize each membership. Please see our Member Benefits document above.

Our Members

Industry-driven, collaborative, and global.

Our members—companies large and small—come together precompetitively to set a shared global agenda for coffee research. Their participation is a critical foundation for a vibrant and sustainable coffee sector.

Members

Thank you to all the companies who generously support our work and make it possible.

$1,000 to $9,999

  1. Ally Coffee
  2. Asahi Quality & Innovations
  3. Atlas Coffee Importers
  4. Barrie House Coffee
  5. Beck Flavors
  6. Bewley's North America/Java City
  7. Black Oak Coffee Roasters
  8. Blossom Coffee Roasters
  9. Blue Bottle Coffee
  10. Boomtown Coffee
  11. Boxcar Coffee Roasters
  12. Bulavity
  13. Cafcom Trading
  14. Cafe Imports
  15. Cafe Virtuoso
  16. Calendar Coffee
  17. Camber Coffee
  18. Caravela Coffee USA
  19. Coffee Bros.
  20. Coffee Libre
  21. Counter Culture Coffee
  22. Covoya Specialty Coffee Americas
  23. Crankhouse Coffee
  24. Curve Coffee Roasters
  25. Dark Woods Coffee
  26. De'Longhi
  27. Descamex
  28. Driftaway Coffee
  29. DRWakefield
  30. Dunn Brothers Coffee
  31. Dutch Bros Coffee
  32. ECRE
  33. Equator Coffees
  34. Excelco Trading
  35. Finlays
  36. Fulcrum Coffee
  37. Huckleberry Roasters
  38. Intelligentsia Coffee
  39. InterAmerican Coffee/Neumann Gruppe USA
  40. Intercontinental Coffee Trading
  41. Irving Farm New York
  42. Kaldi Coffee Farm Online Store
  43. Kaldi's Coffee
  44. KIM House Roaster
  45. List + Beisler
  46. Little Waves Coffee Roasters
  47. Marubeni Foods-Specialty
  48. Melbourne Coffee Merchants
  49. Mercon Coffee Group
  50. Mr. Espresso
  51. Origin Coffee Roasters
  52. Ozo Coffee Roasters
  53. Pacific Espresso
  54. Passenger Coffee & Tea
  55. Philz Coffee
  56. PROBAT
  57. Rave Coffee
  58. Roast House Coffee
  59. Rumble Coffee Roasters
  60. S. Ishimitsu & Co.
  61. Sarutahiko Coffee, Inc.
  62. SEY COFFEE
  63. Single O
  64. Solberg & Hansen
  65. Square Mile Coffee Roasters
  66. Stitch Coffee
  67. Sucafina NA
  68. Sucden Coffee
  69. Sustainable Harvest
  70. Sweet Maria's Coffee Inc.
  71. Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
  72. Temecula Coffee Roasters
  73. Temple Coffee Roasters
  74. TERAROSA (Haksan Co.Ltd)
  75. The Gentlemen Baristas
  76. The Roastery
  77. The Seed
  78. Tony's Coffee
  79. Trabocca
  80. Transcend Coffee
  81. Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
  82. Walker Coffee Trading
  83. WDF

Up to $999

  1. 1740 Coffee Genesis
  2. 1Cup Coffee Roasters
  3. 7000 Coffee Trees
  4. Alpaca Coffee Roasters
  5. Apex Coffee
  6. Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co.
  7. Bagavathi Coffee
  8. Beans n Dough Cookie Company
  9. Beanstock Coffee Roasters
  10. Bell Lane Coffee
  11. BlendIn Coffee Club
  12. Blume Coffee Traders
  13. Bodum Roasting
  14. Bolt Coffee Company
  15. Boon Boona Coffee
  16. Brewpoint Coffee
  17. Bridazul
  18. Bridge Coffee Co.
  19. Bun Coffee Byron Bay
  20. BUNA
  21. Café Tenango
  22. Cafetales de Venezuela
  23. CafeTracker
  24. Camino Real Coffee Roasters
  25. Caravan Coffee
  26. Casa Espresso
  27. Ceremony Coffee Roasters
  28. Chouette Torréfacteur Laboratoire
  29. Coastal Coffee Traders
  30. Coffee Cube
  31. Coffee Editor
  32. Coffee Friend
  33. Coffee Nexus
  34. Coffee Traders
  35. Coffee Unified
  36. Coffeebar
  37. Coffein Compagnie
  38. Coldblow Coffee Company
  39. Colour Coffee Roasting
  40. Covoya Ltd.
  41. CuBa BIOTEC
  42. Cultivar Coffee South Africa
  43. Cup north
  44. Cuppers Choice
  45. CUPRIMA
  46. Cyesha Coffee Ltd.
  47. Dancing Goats Coffee
  48. Dave's Koffiebranderij
  49. Dear Green Coffee Roasters
  50. Demus S.p.A.
  51. Dispatch Coffee
  52. Don Alberto Coffee Co
  53. Electric Coffee Lab
  54. Espanola Coffee Roasters
  55. Established Coffee
  56. Exhale Coffee
  57. Falcon Coffees Peru
  58. Firsthand Coffee
  59. FiXX Coffee
  60. Forecast Coffee Company
  61. Fort Findlay Coffee & Doughnut Shoppe
  62. Fortitude Coffee Roasters
  63. Friday Coffee Roasters
  64. Fuglen Coffee Roasters Oslo
  65. Fuglen Coffee Roasters Tokyo
  66. Full City Rooster
  67. Gaia Artisan Coffee
  68. Good Good Coffee
  69. Greenway Coffee Company
  70. Halvo Coffee Roasters
  71. Hansa Coffee
  72. Heart and Graft Coffee
  73. Honey Coffee
  74. Horiguchi Coffee Research Institute
  75. Horsham Coffee Roaster
  76. I & M Smith
  77. Ickle Coffee
  78. Imbibe Coffee Roasters
  79. IRC (Instituto Regional del Café)
  80. Johann Jacobs Haus
  81. Junker's Café-Rösterei
  82. Kerchanshe
  83. Killashops Gourmet Coffee
  84. Kiss the Hippo Coffee
  85. Kittel Coffee
  86. Klatch Coffee
  87. Kona Kaffeerösterei
  88. Kua
  89. Kurasu LLC
  90. La Baia Coffee Supply
  91. Landmark Specialty Coffee
  92. Limini Coffee
  93. Lüna Coffee
  94. Madcap Coffee Company
  95. Mantra Coffee Beans
  96. Marigold Coffee
  97. Market Lane Coffee
  98. Method Coffee Roasters
  99. Metric Coffee Co.
  100. Monastery Coffee
  101. MoonGoat Coffee
  102. Moplaco Trading PLC
  103. Mount Sunzu Coffee Ltd
  104. Mundo Novo Coffee
  105. Murnauer Kaffeerösterei
  106. Myracle Kitchen
  107. Nemesis Coffee
  108. Nyakiyumbu Community Coffee Pulping and Wash Station
  109. Nylon Coffee
  110. Old Spike Roastery
  111. Olisipo Coffee Roasters
  112. Orbital Coffee Roasters
  113. Osito Coffee
  114. Peak Coffee Co
  115. Peekskill Coffee
  116. Philippine Coffee and Barista Insitute
  117. Prometheus Coffee Roasters
  118. Prufrock Training & Consulting
  119. Quaffee
  120. Rabbit Hole Roasters
  121. Raw Bean Limited
  122. Rebel Dog Coffee
  123. RGC Coffee
  124. Rimini Coffee
  125. Ringtons Ltd.
  126. Rio Coffee
  127. Riposo Coffee Roasters
  128. Ritual Coffee Roasters Tasmania
  129. River City Coffee
  130. Rose N Crantz Roasting Co.
  131. Rose Park Roasters
  132. Ross Street Roasting
  133. Roundtable Coffee Works
  134. Saint Henri - Micro Torrefacteur
  135. Samadool Coffee
  136. Sample Coffee Roasters
  137. Satoru Coffee
  138. SCS Global Services
  139. SEY
  140. Shedlight Coffee Roasters
  141. Small Planes Coffee
  142. South India Coffee Company
  143. South Texas Coffee Initiative
  144. Specialty Grade Coffee
  145. Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
  146. Square One Coffee Roasters
  147. Structure Coffee Roasters
  148. Sucafina N.V.
  149. Supremo
  150. Taf Coffee
  151. TBD Coffee Co
  152. TCPL Beverages and Foods Limited
  153. The Artisanal Bean
  154. The Steam Engine
  155. This Side Up Coffee
  156. Torque Coffees
  157. Tropic X
  158. True Stone Coffee Roasters
  159. Vagabond Coffee Roaster
  160. Vides58Coffees
  161. WB Coffee
  162. West Cork Coffee Roastery
  163. Wise Consultants
  164. Workshop Coffee
  165. Zephyr Green Coffee

Checkoff Program

Thank you to all the roasters, retailers and suppliers that make this program possible

Participating Roasters & Retailers

  1. 1Cup Coffee Roasters
  2. Allegro Coffee Company
  3. Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co.
  4. Barrie House Coffee
  5. Beanstock Coffee Roasters
  6. Bewley's North America/Java City
  7. Black Oak Coffee Roasters
  8. Blume Coffee Traders
  9. Bodum Roasting
  10. Bolt Coffee Company
  11. Boxcar Coffee Roasters
  12. Brewpoint Coffee
  13. Cafe do Capitao
  14. Cafe Virtuoso
  15. Calendar Coffee
  16. Camino Real Coffee Roasters
  17. Caravan Coffee
  18. Chameleon Cold-Brew
  19. Coldblow Coffee Company
  20. Colour Coffee Roasting
  21. Covenant Coffee
  22. Cuppers Choice
  23. Curve Coffee Roasters
  24. Dancing Goats Coffee
  25. Dark Woods Coffee
  26. Dave's Koffiebranderij
  27. Dear Green Coffee Roasters
  28. Dunn Brothers Coffee
  29. ECRE
  30. Equator Coffees
  31. Fortitude Coffee Roasters
  32. Full City Rooster
  33. Greenway Coffee Company
  34. Heart and Graft Coffee
  35. Horsham Coffee Roaster
  36. Huckleberry Roasters
  37. Ickle Coffee
  38. Intelligentsia Coffee
  39. Irving Farm New York
  40. Johann Jacobs Haus
  41. Junker's Café-Rösterei
  42. Kaldi's Coffee
  43. Kittel Coffee
  44. Kona Kaffeerösterei
  45. Landmark Specialty Coffee
  46. Limini Coffee
  47. Marigold Coffee
  48. Market Lane Coffee
  49. Monastery Coffee
  50. MoonGoat Coffee
  51. Mr. Espresso
  52. National DCP / Dunkin'
  53. Olisipo Coffee Roasters
  54. Origin Coffee Roasters
  55. Ozo Coffee Roasters
  56. Philz Coffee
  57. Quaffee
  58. Rabbit Hole Roasters
  59. Rave Coffee
  60. Red Bank Coffee Roasters
  61. Rimini Coffee
  62. Ringtons Ltd.
  63. River City Coffee
  64. Roast House Coffee
  65. Rose N Crantz Roasting Co.
  66. Rose Park Roasters
  67. Roundtable Coffee Works
  68. Saint Henri - Micro Torrefacteur
  69. Small Planes Coffee
  70. Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
  71. Square Mile Coffee Roasters
  72. Square One Coffee Roasters
  73. Stitch Coffee
  74. Structure Coffee Roasters
  75. Taylors of Harrogate
  76. Temecula Coffee Roasters
  77. Temple Coffee Roasters
  78. The Artisanal Bean
  79. The Roastery
  80. True Stone Coffee Roasters
  81. Vagabond Coffee Roaster
  82. West Cork Coffee Roastery