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Do you offer Fair Trade, Organic, or certified coffee?Updated 5 months ago

We do! Take a look at all certified coffee by clicking here. We have coffee certified for Fair Trade, Kosher, Organic, and Rainforest Alliance.


Now for a little more information. All of the coffees on our website are in fact purchased at above fair trade prices from the farms. This is something that is very important to us. Not all the coffees will be certified but we have a strict agreement with our roasters regarding how much these coffees must be purchased for to be featured on the site. As for sustainability in the ecological sense, that tends to be a bit more fluid since different things work in different climates and growing regions. The reality is that coffee is such a delicate crop that it is almost impossible to grow without pesticides or fertilizers. Any coffee that is USDA Organic will have been grown with pesticides that the USDA deems "naturally derived" which is still incredibly broad. We have a ton of coffee that is certified Organic and Rainforest Alliance Certified but oftentimes, coffees are bought from farms that frankly are too small to pay for those sorts of certifications. We feel confident in saying that when you get coffee at this level of quality it is almost impossible to grow it in a mechanized or industrial manner. Much of this coffee is still hand-picked by producers who know that proper stewardship of their land produces a better product. To see more about the standard we hold our roaster partners to, please take a look at our Roaster’s Pledge.


If you have further questions or need assistance, please reach out to [email protected] and we will respond to your request promptly! You may also reach us 9am-5pm EST Monday - Friday by phone (888) 252-8691, text (424) 238-3630, or through the chat feature on the bottom right hand corner of the site. 

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