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Peru Organic Fair Trade Coffee 1kg

Fair trade coffee eliminates middlemen, allowing buyers of green coffee to work directly with coffee farmers. This ensures that the coffee beans are of the highest quality and that farmers receive a sustainable income.

The world market for coffee is volatile and farmers struggle to earn enough money. Fair trade can provide stability to farmers through the Fairtrade Minimum Price, as well as an additional price incentive for organically grown beans.

Peru Organic

This Peru Organic is a full flavoured coffee that has a pleasing sweetness and soft acidity. It is a bit orange and cocoa with an underlying cinnamon flavor. This fair trade certified coffee is procured from a sustainable and eco conscious producer.

In Peru coffee is produced predominantly by small farms with a few hectares of land or less. Farmers typically join cooperatives to share costs of equipment and gain access to markets. Additionally, there is a growing number of farmers who choose to grow organically to increase the quality of their crops as well as avoid the use of pesticides on their farms.

The farm from which this coffee comes, Cenfrocafe, is located in the provinces of Jaen and San Ignacio in north western Peru close to the border with Ecuador. The coop is composed of 2400 farmers who plant coffee on small plots ranging between 1300 and 2000 meters (4300 to 6500 ft) at the highest elevations of the region. The farmers take great care in ensuring that the harvest is picked at the right moment, in order to get the most out of the beans.

Our Peru organic coffee has been thoroughly cleaned, and then dried in the sun to give it a unique deep, rich flavor. The high altitude of this area produces a complex medium-bodied, medium-bodied coffee with a moderate citric acidity.

Women in Peru grow this coffee as part of a movement known as Cafe Femenino, which is changing the role women play in coffee communities that are rural. The coffee is cultivated, processed and traded exclusively by women, providing them with the chance to use the additional funds generated from the sale of their product to improve their own and their family's wellbeing. A portion of every dollar spent on coffee is also given to the women who grow it. This allows them to expand their business, provide education and healthcare for their children, and provide for their families. This is truly an amazing coffee, which has been grown since the year 1700 by using methods that have been passed through word of mouth for generations.

Peru Arabica

Peru is a country with plenty of top-quality coffee. Its thin air and soaring altitudes make it an ideal location for growing the crop. The country is the ninth largest producer of coffee, accounting for 2% of the world's production. It is also one of the world's leading producers of organic and Fair Trade coffee.

The Spanish introduced the Ethiopian coffee to Peru in the 16th century. Since the time, Peru has been a major player in the international coffee market. It is now among the top five producers of Arabica.

The country is home to small farming families that have largely formed cooperatives. They are now able to access fair trade prices and sell their beans directly. Small farms are also encouraged by the use of ecological methods to reduce the environmental impact on their coffee production.

Volcafe's cluster programme helped stabilize the supply chains for roasters, while allowing for a detailed traceability from field to FOB contracts. This gives roasters the opportunity to make informed choices and track their entire purchase history. This method has been crucial to the success of Volcafe’s collaboration with Peruvian farmers.

In the past, coffee was promoted as a substitute for coca plants by a lot of farmers. The government continues to seek ways to replace these illegal crops with coffee that can yield higher profits for the coffee industry. While the change is positive, it can be a challenge to the local population as well.

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It is therefore important to provide sufficient financial support to farmers to ensure their livelihoods and to ensure that the health and welfare of their families is not at risk. It is also essential to encourage the development innovative products that increase productivity and improve the quality of the coffee.

Fair trade Peru HB grade 1 is a premium coffee that is grown in Cajamarca, a northern region. This single-origin, medium-roasted coffee is a classic example of the region's unique flavour profile. It has a tangy scent with hints of cinnamon and Nutmeg. It also has a medium body, with a smooth texture.

Colombian

The emerald-colored country of Colombia is home to stunning rainforests, massive mountains, and exquisite coffee. The country produces more washed arabica beans than any other country in the world, and is skilled in brewing a variety of truly delicious, sought-after coffees that are usually unique. Colombian coffees are known for their mellow yet rich and full-bodied taste and their refreshingly acidic flavor that is always balanced with a hint of sweetness that is never overpowering or overpowering.

Colombian coffee is typically grown between 1,200 and 2,000 metres above sea level. This is where the highest quality Colombian beans are harvested and where the coffee ripens to its finest. The highest quality Colombian beans are usually called Supremo. This refers to the size of the bean (screen sizes 17 or 18).

After harvest, the cherries are carefully selected by hand, ensuring only fully ripe and healthy beans make it through the remainder of the process. The ripe fruit, which is separated from the beans at this point and then washed in the sun and dried. The washed coffee beans are then sorted and graded by quality control teams based on size, colour, and density. This assures that only consistent quality coffees are able to reach the shelves of supermarkets across the world.

Farmers and workers also get a Fairtrade Premium which is an additional sum of money on top of the price of sale. They can then invest it in their own community or business projects. Fair Trade supports small-scale farmers to form cooperatives and small producers which allows them to gain access to larger markets.

The premium is reinvested in the communities that grow coffee. It contributes to a more sustainable development model and also helps to protect the environment. It also provides secure working conditions, legally-regulated work hours and freedom of association, as well as no tolerance for child labor and slavery. The money that is paid to farmers allows them secure their families and invest in their future. They also have the opportunity to maintain their cultural traditions and produce coffee that is delicious and true to its roots.

Indonesian

Indonesia is a major producer of coffee in the world, thanks to its equatorial climate. The varying conditions for growing and traditional wet hulling methods produce distinctive flavours that make Indonesian beans extremely desirable for single origin coffees and blends alike. These robust heavy-bodied, heavy-bodied coffees come with a long spicy finish and a smooth texture that complements darker roasts.

The women led Ketiara co-op in the Gayo Highlands in Sumatra is renowned for its powerful earthy body with flavorful undertones of cocoa and cedar. The coffee is certified organic and fair trade, and helps ensure a sustainable future for the farmers and their community. The Ketiara co-op also supports the conservation of the surrounding Leuser National Park by using shade grown farming as a way to protect the ecosystem.

It's not surprising that in a region renowned for its volcanic soil the fertile ground is perfect for coffee cultivation. However, https://www.coffeee.uk/categories/1kg-coffee-beans is threatened by the increasing number of foreign coffee farmers who have taken over the coffee industry. Many local farmers aren't in a position to compete with the costs of these big corporations and have been forced to leave their farms.

In the absence of direct trade, on average $0.15 of each $3 cup of coffee goes to the farmer. This system needs to be changed and this is why fair trade is vital. Through direct trade relations farmers can increase their income security and prevent massive fluctuations in market demand from one season to the next.

Our organic Sulawesi fair-trade beans are carefully sourced by farmers who follow the principles of traditional Hindu farming, commonly referred to as "Sabuk Abian." These farms are located in the Kintamani region between the Batukaru volcano and Agung volcanic cones, which supply the fields with fresh volcanic dust that keeps the soil fertile. This Fair Trade and organic coffee is creamy, full-bodied and spicy with a long lasting finish. This dark roast is delicious by itself or as part of a rich mix.