Now that I've finished the coffee roasting for August (assuming there aren't any last minute emergency orders from people desperate for coffee for their business) I can see that more coffee got roasted this month than any other month so far this year. Normally this is part of our summer slow down which just hasn't been happening the past couple years. That's probably not a good sign (less money available for vacationing?). YTD production is up over 10% despite green availability issues.
Some of that increase is that wholesale is up a lot, but it would still be up significantly even if I removed that.