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Origins & Impact
Stories from the producers behind our coffees, and how certifications like Fair Trade and Regenerative Organic create value at origin.
Origins & Impact
Some coffee relationships begin with a great sample. The best grow into partnerships. Here's the story behind our long-term work with Cumbres in Antioquia, Colombia, and the Cumbres Balzac Select.
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From Colombia, With Partnership: Our Work with Cumbres in Antioquia
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Origins & Impact
Every pound of Fair Trade Certified coffee carries a premium that goes straight to producer communities. Here's how it works, who decides how it's spent, and what our 2026 purchases...
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How Fair Trade Coffee Premiums Work (and Where the Money Goes)
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Origins & Impact
The Grounds for Health Coffee Auction is back, with 100% of proceeds supporting cervical cancer prevention in coffee-growing communities. Here's why it matters to us and what we donated this...
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Grounds for Health Coffee Auction 2026: Great Coffee, Greater Impact
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Origins & Impact
Another year of CoopeTarrazú coffees has landed: Tirra Honey, Tirra Natural and La Pastora from the Los Santos region of Costa Rica, plus why this cooperative matters well beyond the...
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Catch a Wave of Flavor from Tarrazú: CoopeTarrazú 2026 Arrivals
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Origins & Impact
Our latest shipment from FESICH has landed: a Fair Trade Organic washed coffee from smallholder producers on the edge of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Fresh Arrival: FESICH Fair Trade Organic Coffee from Chiapas, Mexico
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Origins & Impact
Our latest shipment from Fazenda do Salto in Sul de Minas, Brazil has landed: Rainforest Alliance 2/3 MTGB and Peaberry from a family farm we've worked with for years.
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Fazenda do Salto: Rainforest Alliance Brazil Coffee Arrival
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Origins & Impact
Nearly 150 producers gathered in San Pedro de Yepocapa, Guatemala, for the second Coffee Quality Summit: a day of cupping, defect training and talks on reaching specialty markets.
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A Recap of the 2020 Coffee Quality Summit in Yepocapa: Building Resiliency into the Supply Chain
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Origins & Impact
Our Rainforest Alliance friends decided that they loved Charleston as much as we do, and wanted to host the cupping competition here again! This year we knew what to expect,...
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Rainforest Alliance Cupping 2014
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Origins & Impact
This past week Balzac Brothers hosted the Rainforest Alliance Cupping Competition. Usually this is held in New York, but this year, we offered to host it here in Charleston! To...
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Rainforest Alliance Cupping Competition
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