Membership

Invest in the future of coffee.
We are 200+ companies in 29 countries coming together to create a more resilient and sustainable coffee industry.

Your Support

Why invest in the future of coffee?

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.

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 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.

Checkoff Program

Annual Contribution

Fixed Value

Helpful Documents

Learn more about membership.

FAQ

Common Questions

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.

Our Members

Industry-driven, collaborative, and global.

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.

$1,000 to $9,999

  1. Ally Coffee
  2. Alrighty Coffee
  3. AREA 51 Coffee Roasters
  4. Asahi Quality & Innovations
  5. Atkinsons Coffee Roasters
  6. Atlas Coffee Importers
  7. Bäckerei Happ GmbH & Co.
  8. Bagavathi Organogenic Molecular Mineralised Coffee
  9. Barrie House Coffee
  10. Beck Flavors
  11. Bell Lane Coffee
  12. Bettr Coffee
  13. Black Oak Coffee Roasters
  14. Black Subtle Notes Coffee
  15. Blossom Coffee Roasters
  16. Bodum
  17. Bontain Coffee Co.
  18. Boomtown Coffee
  19. Boxcar Coffee Roasters
  20. Bulavity
  21. BUNA
  22. Cafcom Trading
  23. Cafe Imports
  24. Cafe Virtuoso
  25. CafeTracker
  26. Calendar Coffee
  27. Camber Coffee
  28. Campbell & Syme Coffee Roasters
  29. Caravan Coffee
  30. Caravela Coffee USA
  31. Ceremony Coffee Roasters
  32. Coffee Bros.
  33. Coffee Libre
  34. Coffee Nexus
  35. Coffee Unified
  36. Coffeebar
  37. Covoya Ltd.
  38. Craft House Coffee
  39. Crankhouse Coffee
  40. Cumpa
  41. CUPRIMA
  42. Curve Coffee Roasters
  43. Dark Woods Coffee
  44. Dear Green Coffee Roasters
  45. Demus S.p.A.
  46. Descamex
  47. Driftaway Coffee
  48. DRWakefield
  49. Dunn Brothers Coffee
  50. ECRE
  51. Equator Coffees
  52. Espanola Coffee Roasters
  53. Excelco Trading
  54. Exhale Coffee
  55. Falcon Coffees Peru
  56. FiXX Coffee
  57. Flores Island Coffee
  58. Forecast Coffee Company
  59. Fuglen Coffee Roasters Oslo
  60. Fulcrum Coffee
  61. Horiguchi Coffee Research Institute
  62. Hormozi Coffee
  63. Huckleberry Roasters
  64. I & M Smith
  65. Imbibe Coffee Roasters
  66. InterAmerican Coffee/Neumann Gruppe USA
  67. Intercontinental Coffee Trading
  68. iO Coffee
  69. Irving Farm New York
  70. Izaki Coffee Co.
  71. Java City
  72. Kaldi Coffee Farm Online Store
  73. Kaldi's Coffee
  74. Kelachandra Coffee
  75. Kerchanshe Trading PLC
  76. KIM House Roaster
  77. KIM House Roaster
  78. Kiss the Hippo Coffee
  79. Klatch Coffee
  80. Kua Coffee
  81. Kurasu LLC
  82. La Baia Coffee Supply
  83. Limini Coffee
  84. List + Beisler
  85. Litha Espresso
  86. Little Waves Coffee Roasters
  87. Madcap Coffee Company
  88. Market Lane Coffee
  89. Marubeni Foods
  90. Matthew Algie
  91. Melbourne Coffee Merchants
  92. Mercon Coffee Group
  93. Metric Coffee
  94. Mikro Coffee Roasters
  95. Moon Roast
  96. Moplaco Trading PLC
  97. Mr. Espresso
  98. Murnauer Kaffeerösterei
  99. Nylon Coffee
  100. Ome by Spacebar Coffee
  101. One Village Coffee
  102. Origin Coffee Roasters
  103. OutIn
  104. Ozo Coffee Roasters
  105. Pacific Espresso
  106. Passenger Coffee & Tea
  107. Philippine Coffee and Barista Insitute
  108. Polyplants
  109. PROBAT
  110. Prometheus Coffee Roasters
  111. Rave Coffee
  112. Raw Bean Limited
  113. RGC Coffee
  114. Rimini Coffee
  115. Ringtons Ltd.
  116. River Coffee Roasters
  117. Roast House Coffee
  118. Rumble Coffee Roasters
  119. S. Ishimitsu & Co.
  120. Sarutahiko Coffee, Inc.
  121. SC Foods, Co. Ltd
  122. SCS Global Services
  123. SEY COFFEE
  124. Single O
  125. Solberg & Hansen
  126. South India Coffee Company
  127. South Texas Coffee Initiative
  128. Specialty Grade Coffee
  129. Square Mile Coffee Roasters
  130. Steim
  131. Stitch Coffee
  132. StoneX Specialty Coffee
  133. Supremo Coffee
  134. Sustainable Harvest
  135. Sweet Maria's Coffee Inc.
  136. Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee Company
  137. Taf Coffee
  138. Tata Coffee Limited
  139. Temecula Coffee Roasters
  140. Temple Coffee Roasters
  141. TERAROSA (Haksan Co.Ltd)
  142. The Gentlemen Baristas
  143. The Roastery
  144. The Seed
  145. This Side Up Coffee
  146. Toa Coffee Co. Ltd.
  147. Tony's Coffee
  148. Trabocca
  149. Transcend Coffee
  150. True Stone Coffee Roasters
  151. Vides58Coffees
  152. Walker Coffee Trading
  153. WDF
  154. Whittard of Chelsea
  155. Wonderstate Coffee

Up to $999

  1. 1740 Coffee Genesis
  2. 1Cup Coffee Roasters
  3. 7000 Coffee Trees
  4. Apex Coffee
  5. Artisan Java Tea
  6. Aviator Coffee LLC
  7. Barclay Bean
  8. Beans n Dough Cookie Company
  9. Beanstock Coffee Roasters
  10. Bennachie Coffee
  11. Black Kat Cafe Company
  12. BlendIn Coffee Club
  13. Blume Coffee Traders
  14. Bolt Coffee Company
  15. Bontain Coffee Co.
  16. Boon Boona Coffee
  17. Brew and Click
  18. Brew the Blend
  19. Brewpoint Coffee
  20. Bridazul
  21. Bridge Coffee Co.
  22. Buddha Java Inc.
  23. Bun Coffee Byron Bay
  24. Café Tenango
  25. Cafeshi
  26. Cafetales de Venezuela
  27. Camino Real Coffee Roasters
  28. Casa Espresso
  29. Cerebrew
  30. Ceremony Coffee Roasters
  31. Chouette Torréfacteur Laboratoire
  32. Coastal Coffee Traders
  33. Coffee Aside
  34. Coffee Crops Labs
  35. Coffee Cube
  36. Coffee Editor
  37. Coffee Friend
  38. Coffee Traders
  39. Coldblow Coffee Company
  40. Colour Coffee Roasting
  41. CuBa BIOTEC
  42. Cultivar Coffee South Africa
  43. Cumbre Coffee LLC
  44. Cumbre Coffee, LLC
  45. Cup north
  46. Cup of Courage Coffee
  47. Cuppers Choice
  48. Cwtch Coffee
  49. Cyesha Coffee Ltd.
  50. Dancing Goats Coffee
  51. Dave's Koffiebranderij
  52. Demus S.p.A.
  53. Dispatch Coffee
  54. Don Alberto Coffee Co
  55. Driply
  56. Electric Coffee Lab
  57. Established Coffee
  58. Exchange Alley Coffee House
  59. Firsthand Coffee
  60. Forecast Coffee Company
  61. Forest Coffee USA
  62. Fort Findlay Coffee & Doughnut Shoppe
  63. Fortitude Coffee Roasters
  64. Freeform Coffee Roasters
  65. Friday Coffee Roasters
  66. Fuglen Coffee Roasters Tokyo
  67. Full City Rooster
  68. Future Seed Colombia
  69. Gaia Artisan Coffee
  70. Good Good Coffee
  71. Green Coffee Collective
  72. Greenway Coffee Company
  73. Halvo Coffee Roasters
  74. Hansa Coffee
  75. Harbor Coffee
  76. Hardhat Coffee Co.
  77. Heart and Graft Coffee
  78. Hessian Coffee Limited
  79. High Vibration Coffee
  80. Honey Coffee
  81. Horsham Coffee Roaster
  82. Hound House Coffee
  83. Ickle Coffee
  84. IRC (Instituto Regional del Café)
  85. Iron Brew Coffee
  86. Iron Soldiers Coffee Company
  87. Johann Jacobs Haus
  88. Junker's Café-Rösterei
  89. Killashops Gourmet Coffee
  90. Kittel Coffee
  91. Klatch Coffee
  92. Kona Kaffeerösterei
  93. Kurasu LLC
  94. Laila Jade Coffee Company
  95. Landmark Specialty Coffee
  96. Lüna Coffee
  97. Mahogany Queen Coffee
  98. Mantra Coffee Beans
  99. Marigold Coffee
  100. Mastodon Coffee
  101. Method Coffee Roasters
  102. Molesci & Matesci
  103. Monastery Coffee
  104. Monster Buck Coffee
  105. MoonGoat Coffee
  106. Mount Sunzu Coffee Ltd
  107. Mr. Bean Coffee Ltd.
  108. Mundo Novo Coffee
  109. Myracle Kitchen
  110. Necesitas Cafe
  111. Nemesis Coffee Roasting Inc
  112. Nincomsoup
  113. Nyakiyumbu Community Coffee Pulping and Wash Station
  114. Old Spike Roastery
  115. Olisipo Coffee Roasters
  116. Orbital Coffee Roasters
  117. Origin Coffee Lab
  118. Osito Coffee
  119. Overview Coffee Japan
  120. Peak Coffee Co
  121. Peekskill Coffee
  122. Prufrock Training & Consulting
  123. Puemon
  124. Quaffee
  125. Rabbit Hole Roasters
  126. Rebel Dog Coffee
  127. Rescue Pup Coffee Co.
  128. Rio Coffee
  129. Riposo Coffee Roasters
  130. Ritual Coffee Roasters Tasmania
  131. River City Coffee
  132. Roastwolf
  133. Rose N Crantz Roasting Co.
  134. Rose Park Roasters
  135. Ross Street Roasting
  136. Roundtable Coffee Works
  137. Saint Henri - Micro Torrefacteur
  138. Samadool Coffee
  139. Sample Coffee Roasters
  140. Satoru Coffee
  141. SEY
  142. Shedlight Coffee Roasters
  143. Sheepdog Coffee Ltd
  144. SipSation Coffee Co.
  145. Skipper's Remedy
  146. Small Planes Coffee
  147. Specialty Grade Coffee
  148. Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
  149. Square One Coffee Roasters
  150. Structure Coffee Roasters
  151. Supremo
  152. TBD Coffee Co
  153. The Artisanal Bean
  154. The Heavenly Coffee Company Ltd
  155. The Mental Bar Coffee Company
  156. The Old Captain
  157. The Pawfect Brew
  158. The Steam Engine
  159. The Tired Teacher Coffee
  160. Tobias Coffee
  161. Torque Coffees
  162. Tropic X
  163. Vagabond Coffee Roaster
  164. WB Coffee
  165. West Cork Coffee Roastery
  166. Wise Consultants
  167. Wonder Waves
  168. Workshop Coffee
  169. Wrangler Coffee Company
  170. 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. Black Oak Coffee Roasters
  7. Blume Coffee Traders
  8. Bodum
  9. Bolt Coffee Company
  10. Boxcar Coffee Roasters
  11. Brewpoint Coffee
  12. Cafe do Capitao
  13. Cafe Virtuoso
  14. Calendar Coffee
  15. Camino Real Coffee Roasters
  16. Caravan Coffee
  17. Chameleon Cold-Brew
  18. Coldblow Coffee Company
  19. Colour Coffee Roasting
  20. Covenant Coffee
  21. Cuppers Choice
  22. Curve Coffee Roasters
  23. Dancing Goats Coffee
  24. Dark Woods Coffee
  25. Dave's Koffiebranderij
  26. Dear Green Coffee Roasters
  27. Dunn Brothers Coffee
  28. ECRE
  29. Equator Coffees
  30. Fortitude Coffee Roasters
  31. Full City Rooster
  32. Greenway Coffee Company
  33. Heart and Graft Coffee
  34. Horsham Coffee Roaster
  35. Huckleberry Roasters
  36. Ickle Coffee
  37. Intelligentsia Coffee
  38. Irving Farm New York
  39. Java City
  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. Philz Coffee
  56. Quaffee
  57. Rabbit Hole Roasters
  58. Rave Coffee
  59. Red Bank Coffee Roasters
  60. Rimini Coffee
  61. Ringtons Ltd.
  62. River City Coffee
  63. Roast House Coffee
  64. Rose N Crantz Roasting Co.
  65. Rose Park Roasters
  66. Roundtable Coffee Works
  67. Saint Henri - Micro Torrefacteur
  68. Small Planes Coffee
  69. Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co.
  70. Square Mile Coffee Roasters
  71. Square One Coffee Roasters
  72. Stitch Coffee
  73. Structure Coffee Roasters
  74. Taylors of Harrogate
  75. Temecula Coffee Roasters
  76. Temple Coffee Roasters
  77. The Artisanal Bean
  78. The Roastery
  79. True Stone Coffee Roasters
  80. Vagabond Coffee Roaster
  81. West Cork Coffee Roastery
  82. Wonderstate Coffee