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Aug 14, 2019 • #coffee farming #community #cooperatives #relationships

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 Mamacita blend, French roast, and Gran's Blend. Currently we have four outstanding COMSA microlots rounding out our Apex Series, including a natural-process coffee from Eraldo Garcia, manager of quality control at COMSA's wet mill in Marcala.

May 08, 2019 • #Congo #Congolese coffee #DRC #origin trip #sustainable coffee

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 the international supply chain, the event supports the construction of DRC’s specialty coffee industry, producing some of the world's finest Arabica coffee.

May 08, 2019 • #collaboration #community #Congo #Congolese coffee #DRC #gender equality #relationships #sustainability #sustainable coffee #UN Global Sustainability Goals

The Congo Comeback

The “Congo Comeback” showcases how an inclusive, collaborative, and equitable market system translates to stronger, more resilient, and diverse value chains.

Apr 26, 2019

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.

Apr 24, 2019 • #coffee farming #community #cooperatives #evaluating coffee #relationships

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 the importer we co-own with 22 other North American coffee roasting companies). There she met with other Coop Coffees member...