Terms like “organic” are often thrown around without much thought, nor explanation as to what it actually means. We’re here to break down what organic coffee means to us–and ultimately you as a consumer.  First, the facts: Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use directly accounts for 18.4% of greenhouse gas emissions, according to OurWorldinData. Things like deforestation, preparing large swaths of land for crops (and therefore degrading the soil’s natural nutrients), nitrogen fertilizers, and crop burning are all leading factors in...

If you’re enjoying a cup of coffee while you’re reading this during the pandemic, you know that coffee makes even the most stressful situations a little better--perhaps, in the case of a carefully roasted, organic, single-origin coffee, a lot better! As a conscious consumer, who cares about where products come from and the folks whose livelihoods depend on them, you may be wondering about our producer partners in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and what you can do to support...

Here are our friends at Sol Y Cafe in Peru, trying out their beans roasted at our shop! Earlier this month we sent our Coffee Roaster to Guatemala with COOP COFFEES for a Producer Exchange. In Guatemala we had Producers from the Central and South American farms that we partner with in one location to share information about meeting growing supply demands while battling Climate Change with Organic Farming Practices.  We blessed for the opportunity to met and learn from...

One of the MANY advantages of being member partners with COOP Coffees is our DIRECT relationships with our Farmers. We take pride in our long standing relationships with our coffee farmers! The COOP has something called our "Impact Fund"; a tax that we charge ourselves that goes back to our producer communities. One of the project we have going on with this money is in Peru where we have dedicated over 10 years in the NATURAL processing of coffees. We...