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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 Honey
Mexico / Peru / Colombia
30 % of the ground beans for this 100 % arabica coffee are sourced from a small cooperative in Colombia, which processes the beans using the honey method. The remaining ground beans are sourced from family farmers in Mexico and Peru. The addition of honey-processed beans lends our full-bodied house blend a more pronounced fruit aroma on the palate with balanced acidity. This is the ideal choice for those who enjoy our house blend but would like to try something new.
Storage & shelf life
Store the coffee beans 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.
JOSÉ VILLAMIL CÓRDOBA CERÓN
FARMER FROM LA VEREDA LA LAJA, COLOMBIA
I use organic farming methods to avoid harming the environment.
"My family is made up of my wife and two daughters, our dog Tormenta, two puppies and a cat," says José Villamil Córdoba Cerón. "I have two other children, but they live in the city." The farmer grows a wide variety of produce on his seven hectares of land, notably coffee and sugar cane, bananas, cassava, cocoa and oranges. The family also has five chickens and a rooster, two cows and two draught horses. "I also work as a naturopath," says Cerón. "It's not easy juggling it all."
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.
