By Nick Breheny, Director of Coffee Throughout the world, farmers are aging, and younger generations are increasingly stepping away from agriculture altogether. This isn't only happening in large-s...
Porfirio Velasquez stands among his coffee plants on his 7-acre farm in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It's been tough to keep quiet about the incredible Guatemalan coffees that'll b...
In 2017, we set what was at the time the highest published minimum price for coffee in the industry, far exceeding Fair Trade and Fair Trade Organic pricing. Every year since then we've raised ou...
Origin Coffee Lab is the brainchild of two Peruvian coffee veterans, Alex Julca and José Rivera, aka Pepe. Alex, the son of coffee farmers and the former head cupper for the largest coffee c...
This last week, we had the pleasure of watching this micro-lot from Agustin Gomez Hernandez roll into the roastery. It’s an incredible feeling to visit a coffee as it’s being harvested and then se...
Words by Shizue RocheAdachiPhotos by Bobbi Griffin “I thought I was going to tour a coffee farm––see the plants, see how the beans are dried, how they’re processed,” Bobbi Griffin, lead at Kickapoo...
Post and photo by Caleb Nicholes Meet Carlos Pazu, the president of the Fondo Paez Cooperative in Cauca, Colombia. Our history with these amazing people extends beyond our company, beginning in 2...
The latest coffee to hit the roastery is this year’s harvest from Colombia’s Fondo Paez Cooperative. And boy are we psyched. This crop is one of the best we’ve ever tasted from them, which is sayi...
La Roya affected coffee and Alex Stoffregen holding a La Roya resistant coffee plant. One of the most exceptional Mexican coffees we’ve tasted this harvest is from the Comon Yaj Noptic Cooperative...