YCFCU Yirgacheffe Organic Fair Trade

New Arrival from Ethiopia

May 5, 2014

The Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU) was established in June 2002 and represents 43,794 farmers who are members of 26 coops in the Gedeo region of Southern Ethiopia. The coops produce Organic and Fair Trade certified coffee and are spread over 6 districts: Yirgacheffe, Gedeb, Wonango, Dilla Zuria, Bule, and Kochere. The coffee-producing land area exceeds 62,000 hectares and YCFCU produces both washed and sundried (natural) Yirgacheffe coffee. Using the social premiums from their Fair Trade certified coffees, the YCFCU coops have been able to accomplish many projects including building schools, installing electricity to benefit the residents of these remote coffee farming areas, and the construction and improvement of roads and bridges.

YCFCU is working very hard to be proactive in terms of promoting quality. Premiums (over ECX ) to farmers based on coffee grade is a measure that they are implementing to increase the quality of coffee. YCFCU now has its own processing facility in Addis, but still no lab, sometimes using the SCFCU lab. In 2014-15 they planned to export approximately 220 containers of high quality coffee to markets around the world.

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | 100% USDA Organic & FairTrade

  • ORGANIZATION | Founded in 2002 - Compromised of 143, 794 members

  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Gedeo Region

  • LOCATION | Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia

  • ALTITUDE | 5,000+Feet (1,500 + Meters)

  • VARIETALS | Ethiopian Heriloom

  • PROCESS | Fully Washed

  • DRYING | Sun dried on raised beds

  • HARVEST | August - December

  • EXPORT | February -July

  • LOT | 1001

We proudly offer Organic Fair Trade Ethiopian Yirgacheffe YCFCU in the following products:

 100% USDA Organic Certified White Rhino Siganture Blend

  • Batch #2001 July 15, 2014 - September 19, 2015

Las Damas de San Ignacio Organic Fair Trade

New Arrival from Peru

February 5, 2018

 COOPAFSI (Cooperative Agraria “Frontera San Ignacio” Ltda) was officially established in June 1969. Incredibly progressive for its time, this cooperative considers gender equality of the utmost importance and prides itself on promoting "women grown" coffee. COOPAFSI believes its female members contribute to the physical and sensory quality of the coffee. They are always managing new projects and developing new ways to improve the lives of their families. They focus their efforts on improving quality and delivering consistent coffee to different markets. In 2016, a committee of women was created by the cooperative and they are responsible for distributing loans which will enable producers to improve their own land while also taking part in new developments for their kitchens, crafts and livestock.

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade 100% USDA Organic

  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION | San Ignacio, Cajamarca

  • VARIETY | Typica, Mundonovo, Caturra, Catimor

  • PROCESS | Washed

  • DRYING | Sun Dried

  • LOT | 1042

We proudly offer Fair Trade Organic Las Damas de San Ignacio in the following products:

100% USDA Organic Certified White Rhino Signture Blend

Batch #2045 February 22, 2018 - June 12, 2018

Batch #2058 June 12, 2018

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100% USDA Organic Certified Peru No.5 Single Origin

Batch #2055  June 12, 2018 - CURRENT

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Colombia Organic Swiss Water® Decaf

New Arrival from Colombia

July 17, 2018

This is an Organic Swiss Water® Process decaffeinated coffee from Colombia.The Swiss Water® Process uses pure green coffee extract and proprietary carbon technology to remove caffeine from green coffee beans. Swiss Water® has specified the pore size of the carbon to match the caffeine molecule to ensure only the caffeine is trapped when the caffeine is captured from the green coffee extract. The Swiss Water® Process is certified organic and 100% chemical free. In addition, they are also certified Kosher by the Kosher Overseers Association. 

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade - USDA Organic - Kosher - Swiss Water Decaffeination

  • LOCATION | Colombia

  • VARIETY |

  • ALTITUDE |

  • PROCESS | Washed

  • DRYING |

  • HARVEST |

  • EXPORT |

  • LOT | 1046

We proudly offer Colombia Organic Swiss Water® Deca in the following products:

Huehuetenango Adiesto Organic Fair Trade

New Arrival from Guatemala

June 5, 2018

ADIESTO is an acronym for Asociación de Desarrolla Integral Esperanza Toneca, a producer association dedicated to reducing the environmental footprint left by the cultivation and processing of specialty coffee in the department of Huehuetenango. The association also provides technical assistance to farmers who want to become organic certified coffee producers. Adiesto is made up of 704 members, with 150 of those members being women, an increasing demographic in specialty coffee producers today.

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade Certified 100% USDA Organic

  • LOCATION | Huehuetango, Guatemala

  • VARIETY | Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, Typica

  • ALTITUDE | 1,300-1,720 Meters

  • PROCESS | Fully Washed

  • DRYING | Sun Dried

  • HARVEST | January-April

  • EXPORT | March-June

  • LOT | 1045

We proudly offer Organic Fair Trade Guatemala Huehuetenango Adiesto in the following products:

 100% USDA Organic Certified Cuba Mia Signature Blend

Batch #2056 June 12, 2018 - CURRENT

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Banko Gotiti Organic Fair Trade

New Arrival from Ethiopia

April 20, 2018

Banko Gotiti is the name of both the village and the washing station where this coffee was produced. Located close to the border of the Oromia Region, the closest main town is Gedeb, south of Yirgacheffe, in the Gedeo Zone of the Southern Nations Region.

The washing station is owned and operated by METAD Agricultural Development PLC. The family-run company was gifted property by Emperor Selassie in honor of the matriarch, Muluemebet Emiru, the first African female pilot. METAD is now managed by her grandson Aman Adinew, and its export partner Rift Valley Trading LLC is operated by his brother Michael Adinew. Among the many important pieces of work undertaken by METAD are their commitment to equal employment opportunities for women and education opportunities for the youth of the coffee lands, their early partnerships with Grounds for Health, and their development of Africa’s first SCAA certified lab.

Once sold under the Yirgacheffe name, we’ve started to be a little more regionally specific with coffees from this area of the world. While the name Yirgacheffe is easily recognized by coffee buyers – and happens to be associated with some of the first fully washed processing in the world – the town of Gedeb is more specific: it is both the town and the region surrounding the city; like a city plus the suburbs – so you could think of Banko Gotiti, the kebele, as an outlying neighborhood of the Gedeb woreda, all encompassed by the Gedeo Zone.

We often find Gedeb coffees similar in style to Yirgacheffes, but a little bigger, a little bolder, a little less subtle. This exceptional lot fits that mold, offering abundant stone, citrus, and berry fruits layered with plenty of inherent sweetness and that slightly floral, slightly savory je ne sais quoi that makes washed Ethiopian coffees some of the most unique and thrilling in the world.

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade Certified 100% USDA Organic

  • LOCATION | Banko Gotiti, Gedeb, Gedeo Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

  • VARIETY | Indigenous Heirloom

  • ALTITUDE | 1600 - 2300 masl

  • PROCESS | Depulped and fermented for 36-48 hours, double washed

  • DRYING | Sun-Dried

  • HARVEST | October - December

  • LOT | 1044

We proudly offer Organic Fair Trade Yirgacheffe Banko Gotiti in the following products:

100% USDA Organic Certified White Rhino Signture Blend

Batch #2058 June 12, 2018 - CURRENT

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Aceh Ketiara Organic Fair Trade

New Arrival from Aceh

February 5, 2018

The Koperasi Pedagang Kopi Ketiara is a women-run cooperative that has over 890 grower-members. The Ketiara Cooperative was started in 2008 by Ibu Rahmah, the current chairwoman, who had operated and managed her family’s coffee business for 20 years-purchasing cherries, processing the green, and selling to local traders. The passionate commitment of the women managers to have all members working together in support of coffee production has enabled Ketiara to expand and become an important supplier to larger coffee traders in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra. The cooperative members voted to become organic and Fairtrade certified in 2012, making a commitment to use these proceeds to create programs for health, education, and public infrastructure projects that will benefit all co-op members.

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade Certified 100% USDA Organic

  • ORGANIZATION| Compromised of 890 members

  • LOCATION | Central Aceh, North Sumatra

  • VARIETY | Catimor, Bourbon, Typica and Caturra

  • ALTITUDE | 1,200 - 1,500 Meters

  • PROCESS | Wet Hulled

  • DRYING | Sun Dried

  • HARVEST | September - May

  • EXPORT | October - June

  • LOT | 1043

We proudly offer Organic Sumatra Aceh Ketiara Fair Trade in the following products:

 100% USDA Organic Certified Heavenly Project High Altitude Blend

Batch #2046 February 22, 2018 - June 12, 2018

Batch #2057 June 12, 2018 -CURRENT

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100% USDA Organic Certified Sumatra Kopepi Ketiara - Single Origin

Batch #2047 March 20, 2018 - June 12, 2018

Batch #2051 June 12, 2018 - CURRENT

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Nossa Senhora De Fatima Brazil Organic Fair Trade

New Arrival from Brazil 

January 16, 2018

Fazenda Nossa Senhora de Fatima is situated within the Triangulo Mineiro, in the famed Cerrado region. Coffees from this area are often touted as some of the best that Brazil has to offer. The dark red soil typical of the area produces an excellent cup.

This farm produces only 100% organic coffee. Its 895,000 coffee trees are closely monitored by a full-time agricultural engineer to ensure consistency and quality. Ricardo Aguiar Resende, a third-generation coffee farmer, directs the farm’s production, commercialization and social projects along with his wife, Gisele.

Fazenda Nossa Senhora de Fatima (FNSF) has gone above and beyond in its commitment to social and environmental equity. The 75-110 workers at this farm travel every day from three towns: Perdizes, Patrocinio and Igrejinha da Macega. Ricardo arranges the transportation for the workers every day, though some actually live on the property. The production of natural fertilizer from livestock and a new biodigestor combine to produce all the energy needed for the farm. FNSF strives to produce all of the energy and most of the inputs needed for coffee production. The reforestation of native trees is underway, adding to the farm’s portion of shade-grown coffee, which is not commonly found in Brazil.

In January of 2012, the farm became the world’s first Fair Trade Certified™ coffee estate. Within 3 months of certification, the farm’s 110 workers (40% of whom are women) earned $7,250 in community development premiums, which they elected to invest in critical healthcare programs. Through FNSF’s participation in Fair Trade USA’s Fair Trade for All initiative, 30 workers have already received eye exams, 27 received glasses, and 11 received dental care.

Cup Characteristics

Sweet chocolate, rich body, clean stonefruit notes, consistent & well structured

Features

  • CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade Certified 100% USDA Organic

  • ORGANIZATION| Compromised of 75-110 members

  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Triangulo Minerio, Cerrado, Minas Gerais

  • VARIETY | Acaia, Catucai, Mundo Novo, Bourbon, Icatu

  • ALTITUDE | 2850ft above sea level

  • PROCESS | Natural

  • DRYING | Sun Dried

  • HARVEST | August - September

  • LOT | 1041

We proudly offer Organic Fair Trade Nossa Senhora De Fatima Brazil in the following products:

 100% USDA Organic Certified Cuba Mia Signature Blend

Batch #2039  January 22, 2018 - January 24, 2018

Batch #2041 January 24, 2018 - February 20, 2018

Batch #2044 February 20, 2018 - June 12, 2018 

Batch #2056 June 12, 2018 - CURRENT

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