News

Quality from Seed to Cup: All about Roasting Coffee
Quality from Seed to Cup: All about Roasting Coffee
Coffee roasting is a delicate art and a complex science, and it’s a process that we’re continually learning more about. Over the past decade plus, we’ve grown from two people using... Read more...
Farmer Feature: Eraldo Garcia of COMSA
Farmer Feature: Eraldo Garcia of COMSA
For the past few years, we've sourced a handful of single-farmer lots from within the COMSA cooperative in Marcala, Honduras. COMSA also provides the coffee we use in our Funky... Read more...
Saveur du Kivu - DRC Coffee on the Rise
Saveur du Kivu - DRC Coffee on the Rise
Saveur du Kivu (SduK) is a celebration of the reemergence of coffee in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the specialty coffee cupping competition and annual meeting for representatives throughout... Read more...
The Congo Comeback
The Congo Comeback
The “Congo Comeback” showcases how an inclusive, collaborative, and equitable market system translates to stronger, more resilient, and diverse value chains. Read more...
6 Reasons COMSA Rocks
6 Reasons COMSA Rocks
Jennifer traveled to Marcala, Honduras during the third week of March to visit our partner farmers at COMSA with a group of other roasters and staff from Coop Coffees. Read more...
Peru Meets Sumatra in Montreal
Peru Meets Sumatra in Montreal
Last week, our director of coffee Jennifer (on the bottom shelf in the group shot above!) attended a producer-roaster quality exchange at Cooperative Coffees' headquarters in Montreal (Coop Coffees is... Read more...
Participants in a literacy workshop for women in South Kivu, DRC, 2019
Sustainability, Part 4: We need to collaborate towards sustainability and development at the same time.
When our values align to transcend competition between specialty coffee importers, roasters, and retailers, collaboration across the supply chain offers benefits that standard isolated markets can’t. Read more...
The 17 UNG Global Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability, Part 3: Let's Put People First
A circular economic model is the vehicle required for change within the specialty coffee industry. When we operate along a continuous circle across our supply chain, we can build wealth and expertise... Read more...
Chemex brew pot in progress
Coffee Acidity: The Science and the Experience
While we could get out the pH strips from the old science kit and start testing every cup, the truth is that it’s more complicated than that. pH level doesn’t... Read more...
Sustainability, Part 2: Price Matters a Lot, and it's just One Piece of the Puzzle
Sustainability, Part 2: Price Matters a Lot, and it's just One Piece of the Puzzle
A primary focus on climate change and cost of production skirts past addressing the basic needs of people and their communities. In order to enact change, we coffee companies need... Read more...
Sustainability, Part 1: Inequality Rules the World
Sustainability, Part 1: Inequality Rules the World
Coffee could change the world. But first we need a disruptive innovation to evolve our trading system. This post is the first of four installments diving deep into the issue... Read more...
Be a Coffee Hero & Share HG this Holiday Season
Be a Coffee Hero & Share HG this Holiday Season
Special meals and gatherings with friends and family are what the holidays are all about. Our coffee menu will sustain you at every turn, offering a wide range of selections... Read more...