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Growing coffee is hard work. But if you do it right, not only can you produce a delicious energy booster – you can also help the environment.
20. June 2024
House Blend Coffee
Organic
Mexico / Peru
Ground medium roast arabica beans. 70% of the coffee beans come from farming families in Mexico, and the other 30% is from Peru. The beans are roasted weekly so that you always get fresh quality. Medium-fine grind suitable for all coffee makers. Aroma: nutty, chocolatey. Flavour: fruity, marzipan, honey, low acidity.
Storage & shelf life
Store the coffee in an airtight container. A porcelain or ceramic container is ideal, but a plastic container will also work well. Store the container in a cool, dark and dry place. Ideally, consume the ground coffee within two weeks of receiving it. After that, the aromas already dissipate.
Aromaprofil:
MARCOS VASQUEZ GUTIERREZ
FARMER FROM SAN JUAN DIEGO X-OYEP, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
I get a better price for organic coffee.
"I share a house with my parents and nine children," says Marcos Vasquez Gutierrez. "Two of my adult sons also work for our cooperative Maya Vinic, which makes me proud." The farmer sells coffee, honey and some macadamia nuts. "But there are a lot of mouths to feed, so I also grow maize, beans and bananas on my 3.5 hectares of land, and keep chickens," he explains. "I used to grow citrus fruits too. But for the past three years, we've really been feeling the effects of climate change. It's just too hot and dry for these plants now."
Background
We want fairer coffee
People in Europe drink more than 30 billion cups of coffee a year. Millions of family farmers grow the coffee to meet this huge demand. Far too many of these families live in abject poverty because the price of coffee is too low.
