1551 | Part 1 of 5 | Why The Israel/US War With Iran Matters to the Coffee Industry (Lee Safar)
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Episode Description
This is Part 1 of a five-part series: War, Trade, and Coffee — What the Middle East Conflict Means for the Global Coffee Industry.
In this solo episode, Lee Safar explores why geopolitical conflict has a direct and immediate impact on the coffee industry.
Coffee is one of the most globally traded commodities in the world. While we often think of coffee as an agricultural product, the reality is that coffee moves through a much larger system that includes energy markets, global shipping routes, and financial trade systems.
When conflict emerges in regions that sit at the centre of global trade — particularly in West Asia — the ripple effects move quickly through those systems.
In this episode, Lee explains three key systems that shape how coffee moves around the world:
• Energy and fuel markets
• Global shipping routes and maritime trade corridors
• Trade finance and the banking systems that support global commodity markets
Understanding these systems is essential for anyone working in coffee today. As conflict unfolds in one of the most strategically important regions for global shipping and energy, the coffee industry will likely experience ripple effects across pricing, logistics, and supply chains.
This episode sets the foundation for the rest of the series, where we’ll explore the shipping crisis, the economic domino effects across the coffee value chain, and what coffee professionals should be paying attention to as global conditions evolve.
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