Coffee Sourcing & Buyer Support
Find suitable coffees, understand supplier offers and navigate the buying process with a local partner working alongside you.
You buy directly from the supplier or exporter. We work alongside you on a separately agreed service fee.
EU-based contracting
One contract, one invoice, EU terms.
Local coordination in Kenya
A partner in Nairobi, on site.
Clearly agreed service fees
Scoped and priced before we start.
Who we help
We work with small and mid-sized buyers who need a reliable local pair of hands, and a clear view of what they are buying.
Independent roasters
Adding a Kenyan lot to a small, carefully chosen menu.
Emerging importers
Building a first or second origin outside your usual supply.
Coffee brands
Sourcing for a defined product, with documents and timelines that hold up.
Common needs
Services
Choose the level of involvement you need. Every engagement begins with a short written scope and a fee agreed in writing, before any work starts.
€99fixed fee
A 60-minute consultation and a concise written action plan.
€590fixed fee
A purchasing brief, a targeted shortlist of up to three suitable offers where available, commercial comparison and coordination of one sample round.
The Coffee Discovery fee is credited towards Managed Sourcing when the same brief continues.
from €1,490agreed by quotation
Support from discovery and negotiations through agreed checks, document coordination and documented handover to the nominated forwarder.
Fees are quoted per engagement. Applicable VAT is charged where required. Samples, specialist evaluation, couriers, travel and other third-party services are costs of the buyer, approved separately and in writing before they are committed.
Smaller engagements
When you need one specific thing checked, reviewed or repeated.
from €290
Written comments on an offer you already hold: grade and screen, price basis, terms and the open questions to put to the supplier.
from €350
A visit to verify the exporter, warehouse or mill behind a lot, with written notes and photographs from the day.
from €690
Coordination for a repeat purchase of a coffee you already know: availability, terms, samples and shipment preparation.
How it works
Each stage produces something you can read and react to. Nothing moves forward without your written approval.
We agree the profile, volumes, budget and timing you are working to, and put the brief in writing.
Relevant exporters are approached, offers are collected and compared commercially, side by side.
Samples are coordinated to you or to an agreed specialist cupper, with the results shared in writing.
You decide. The supplier or exporter contracts with you directly, and we do not commit you to any purchase.
Agreed checks on the lot are followed, and the documents required for the shipment are coordinated.
Documents, checks and open actions are consolidated and handed to the forwarder you nominate.
The buyer approves the coffee, the terms and every third-party cost. Our role is coordination, not purchase.
Events & visits
Visit coffee events with a local partner, meet relevant people and leave with a clear plan for your next sourcing steps.
Preparation, relevant exhibitor and session selection, accompaniment, introductions where available, meeting notes and follow-up.
Tailored quotation
A tailored itinerary, supplier and cupper meetings, agreed site visits, practical accommodation recommendations and transport coordination through appropriate providers.
Tailored quotation
Farm and processing-site visits with agreed appointments, routes and local arrangements.
Tailored quotation
Availability, support hours, access and third-party expenses are confirmed with the quotation.
Coffee events
Explore coffee trade events, auctions and farm visits in and around Nairobi. Origin Ally can help you plan your stay, choose sessions and arrange sourcing meetings around your visit.
14–16 November 2026
Meet producers, roasters and buyers at the trade exhibition, explore Kenya’s coffee origins and see how cuppers are building a national coffee flavour map.
VenueShamba Events Centre, Loresho, Nairobi
This is our guide enquiry, not the organiser's registration.
Coffee market calendar
Professional auction sessions
Expo programme
14–15 November 2026
Shamba Events Centre, Loresho, Nairobi
Part of the Kenya Coffee Flavor & Origin Expo: industry talks on 14 November, with workshops listed for 15 November.
Origin trip
29 November–4 December 2026
Starts in Nairobi; continues through Kenya’s coffee regions
A trip organised by The Coffee Quest, starting with cupping at Dormans and continuing with visits to farms, cooperatives and producers.
Coffee farm event
12 December 2026 · 10:00–17:00 EAT
Karunguru Coffee Estate
A festive day at Karunguru with a crop-to-cup tour, a children’s farm tour and a farm-style lunch.
Check times, availability and registration with each organiser. For local guidance and help planning your Nairobi visit, use the Origin Ally enquiry.
Event information verified 15 November 2026
What working with us looks like
Every engagement ends with a document you can act on. Below is a design mock-up, not a live record — commercial values are deliberately blank.
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Meetings, venues and appointment status
Day 1
09:00
Cupping at a Nairobi lab
Confirmed
14:30
Exporter meeting, Industrial Area
Awaiting confirmation
Day 2
08:00
Warehouse visit, Ruiru
Confirmed
16:00
Auction session observation
Access pending
Day 3
10:00
Mill and processing site
Proposed
17:00
Wrap-up and next steps
Confirmed
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Our approach
Sourcing works when everyone knows who decides what. These are the terms we work on, in writing, with every buyer.
Every engagement is scoped and priced in writing before any work begins.
If we hold an interest in a supplier or a lot we recommend, we disclose it before you decide.
You approve the coffee, the terms and the quantities. We never commit you to a purchase.
Samples, specialist evaluation, couriers, travel and other third-party costs are approved by you in advance.
We work with farms, mills and exporters on terms that respect their time and their business.
Checks, owners and due dates are written down, so nothing is left to assumption at handover.
About
Origin Ally began with a simple observation: buying Kenyan coffee well depends on relationships, and relationships take time. Over the past year the founders have spent that time with farms, cuppers, warehouses and exporters across the country.
That network is now the working basis of the service. The team is organising the company's first coffee shipment from Kenya to Bulgaria, documenting the process step by step — the same sequence we follow with buyers.
Origin Ally is contracted through an EU-based company, with a partner on the ground in Kenya coordinating the work in origin.
The founders
Sourcing & buyer support
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Origin coordination, Kenya
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FAQ
If your question is not here, the consultation is the fastest way to an answer.
The exporter or supplier does. Origin Ally does not buy or resell coffee: the contract, the invoice and the payment run directly between you and the seller. We coordinate, advise and check on your behalf, and we charge a separate service fee for that work.
Our time and coordination: discovery work, supplier outreach, offer comparison, sample logistics, meeting notes, document tracking and the handover report. It does not cover the coffee itself, sample and courier costs, specialist cupping or laboratory evaluation, travel or other third-party services — those are approved by you separately.
Yes. Offer Review takes an offer you already hold — grade and screen, price basis, Incoterms, payment terms, documents — and returns written comments with the questions worth putting to the supplier before you commit.
Where a supplier supports it, yes. Many Kenyan exporters work with minimum lot sizes, and we will say so plainly rather than work around it. Smaller requirements can often be scoped as a consultation, an offer review or a single sample round.
Specialist cuppers we coordinate with, agreed with you in advance. We arrange the logistics and pass on their results; the evaluation is theirs, and the buying decision remains yours.
Yes. Event Companion covers preparation, choosing relevant exhibitors and sessions, accompaniment on the day, introductions where they are available, meeting notes and follow-up afterwards.
Yes. We build a tailored itinerary, arrange supplier and cupper meetings where possible, coordinate agreed site visits, and recommend accommodation and transport through the appropriate providers.
At the agreed handover: agreed checks are documented, the documents we coordinate are in place, and the forwarder you nominate takes over the shipment. Freight, customs clearance, financing and onward movement sit with your forwarder; we can suggest providers but do not take commission from them.
Enquiry
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