Searching for humanity in the age of coffee.
Our motivation to search for, roast, and sell coffees:
The resilient human beings
from co-ops and mountainside communities on four continents. Connections of economic empowerment to small-farm growers assist good people to continue to pull themselves out of the social and cultural traumas of the colonial era. These growers are our brothers and sisters.
The energetic transformations
from rock-hard green coffee seeds to aromatic and flavorful beans. We purchase the green coffees through a few small importers who have real relationships with the farmers. We roast in a little red 20lb-capacity machine with manual controls and an iPad to chart the roasting parameters.
The small rituals of brewing
from the fineness of the grounds to the water temperature to the method of dripping or pressing. If you are looking for a restorative few moments in the middle of your day, make a fresh cup of coffee. Inhale the fragrances, try a sip. There is always a bigger picture waiting to reassure you.
Quiet revolutions that happen
when good coffee
encourages individual and collective forms of vibrant
• thought
• conversation
• spirit
• volition
• action.