Why Women-Produced Coffee?

The specialty coffee industry has a big focus on coffees that are new and interesting, coffees that score really well in a tasting. We get it - we love delicious, interesting coffee! It's fun to get embroiled in a conversation about processing and tasting notes!

In all the noise of "best" coffees, we lose the human aspect. These coffees are grown and nurtured by people, and our lives are intertwined, our coffee obsession dependent on the work they do.

While the coffee supply chain is male-dominated, the truth is that women make up about 70% of the labor force. Their work is imperative, but they are barely recognized.

We're committed to raising awareness of gender inequality and inequity in coffee-producing countries while financially empowering women growers. We started with just over 50% of our coffee coming from women producers, and now we're nearly at 100%, thanks to our supportive community and the slowly shifting tide of recognizing the work of women.

Even though women make up 70% of the labor in coffee, they systemically have lower access to resources -- land, credit, and information than men.

This results in a BIG gender gap in economic outcomes, farm yields and farm income.

We are striving to create relationships in coffee, to buy from the same farmers year after year, to create sustainability in the industry and be a part of preserving the legacy of coffee. The only way forward for us is through the power and recognition of women.