by Martin Trejo | Apr 22, 2020 | Coffee, From the Director of Coffee, Sourcing
A Closer Look At Coffee Quality This is a Continuation of my first blog, “Navigating Coffee Sourcing Part I: Coffee Pricing”. I suggest taking a look at that before diving into this second section, to give a clearer outlook of the overall chain between grower and...
by Martin Trejo | Sep 11, 2019 | Coffee, Environmental Stewardship, From the Director of Coffee, Sourcing
Often times, I am faced with a hard nosed truth: most people just don’t care about where there coffee comes from. As Director of Coffee, someone whose job is literally to care about where coffee comes from, it can be a hard pill to swallow. But for many westerners,...
by Garrett Oden | Apr 19, 2019 | Coffee, Environmental Stewardship, Sourcing
In 2005, Amavida bought coffee from the Fondo Paez cooperative for the first time. In 2019, we bought coffee from the group for the fourteenth year, making this one of our longest-running coffee grower partnerships. It’s time you get to meet the Fondo Paez Cooperative...
by Garrett Oden | Mar 18, 2019 | Coffee, Community, Environmental Stewardship, Sourcing
At the time of writing, the “coffee market” price for a pound of coffee is sitting at $0.94. The price has been dangerously low for months now—a complex issue of global trade and economics—and it’s making it difficult for many farmers to even break even. Thankfully,...
by Garrett Oden | Nov 19, 2018 | Coffee, Roasting, Sourcing
October was a milestone month here at Amavida. For the first time ever, we received two different Kenyan coffees from the same farm—Nyeri Hill—and they taste very different. Nyeri Hill AA Nyeri Hill AB Their names are the exact same minus one letter. The packaging is...
by Garrett Oden | Mar 15, 2018 | Coffee, Community, Sourcing
Sourcing specialty coffee is typically a fairly straightforward process, but every now and then you come across specialty coffee beans that you have to jump through some hoops for. Our latest offering, Burundi Nemba, was one of these oddities. We collaborated...
