We source and roast coffee from single farms, estates and cooperatives. When we taste a coffee that we like, we want to know where it comes from and who grows, picks and processes it. We travel extensively throughout the year, visiting the producers and cooperatives with whom we currently work and looking for interesting cultivars of coffee and new farms from which to buy. During these visits we talk with farmers, learning more about the coffee they grow and process and the challenges that they face. We then look to establish a relationship with the grower and exporter of that coffee. We believe that where such a relationship exists, quality, quantity and price requirements can be discussed in an open and equal way. We see this as sustainable, fair and equal trade.
Last month we visited Carmo Coffees (the exporter we work with) in Brazil to see the beginning of this year’s harvest. Brazil is the largest coffee producing country in the world, in terms of both land mass and crop size. The harvest this year is projected to be around 70 …
Continue readingA lot of new coffees arrived on the counter over the last month or so and we have at least a handful more coming in the next few weeks. We are especially enjoying our new arrival from Peru – Amaybamba – as described in last month’s newsletter. The coffee is …
Continue reading
