Each company’s path to becoming environmentally sustainable is unique and each has different levels of contribution to climate change, pollution, and waste. Amavida Coffee and Trading Company is taking account of their carbon footprint and taking steps to shrink it...
Hello! I am Dale Barnes. I have worked with Amavida Coffee Roasters as a barista from 2017-2020. Before working at Amavida, I was a regular. I used to go to the St. Andrews cafe location every day after school. As a regular I was always drawn to Amavida as a company...
You know the enticing aroma of your favorite latte being brewed while you take a seat at your local cafe? It’s a familiar scent that comforts most of us coffee drinkers. We love the smell, taste, and feeling a latte onsets after we take our first sip! From the fair...
Sustainability is taking on a new meaning during our generation. The state of our global climate due to rising carbon emissions has had a major push this year thanks to the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC SR15) in October...
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,...
Everyone’s lifestyle affects our environment. The way you go about your day affects CO2 levels in our atmosphere which contributes to climate change. After calculating our carbon footprint, we decided to set a goal to become carbon neutral. But what does it mean to be...
