Archive for April, 2008

Have You Seen This “Coffee Creep”?

Cup For Education: On the Map

Cup for Education’s mission is to help poor rural coffee communities of Central and Latin America build schools within their communities, and assist in providing them with teachers and the basic tools needed to educate the future generations of coffee farmers. Deb Crowther, one of our cuppers and green bean buyers is on the [...]

No Cup? No Problem!

We couldn’t help but notice during Oprah’s “Waste Not, Want Not” episode this week, the Harpo production staff enjoy Keurig brewers and K-cups from Green Mountain Coffee. (Yeah!) Since the Harpo staff typically use paper coffee cups, they had a “bring your own mug to work day” to cut down on their paper waste. Good for [...]

Fair Trade Peruvian Coop Frontera San Ignacio Buys New Mill

The Frontera de San Ignacio Coffee Farmers Cooperative in northern Peru recently bought the former CECOOACNOR (Central Mill for the Northwest Coffee Farmer Cooperatives) dry mill. The mill is the best in the country for processing specialty grade coffee, with excellent machinery and expert personnel. It is located in the town of Chiclayo on the [...]