In 2009,Twelve members of the reputable CASIL Cooperative in northern Peru, each with many years of experience growing coffee, decided a higher standard was needed in order to receive the higher prices. Care, oversight, education, openness and desire combined for…
SOPPEXCCA is a coffee cooperative of 520 member-families in Jinotega and Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Since 2001, Cafe Moto has been buying coffee from the Las Hermanas Women's Led Cooperative, one of the members of SOPPEXCCA. On average, families grow around five…
Thank you Daily Coffee News for the update. Nice to have the peace of mind to "drink all we can and sell the rest." Torrey Lee, Co Owner Cafe Moto …
Cafe Moto has supported the Ketiara Women's Cooperative and the local community in Sumatra for many years. As with many of the cooperatives we buy coffee from, once the standards of taste, consistency, cleanliness, repeatability, timeliness, costs are mutually agreed…
Cold Brew and Iced Coffee are often confused for being the same thing. Cold Immersion is much better. Iced coffee is hot brewed coffee over ice. Cold Immersion is made cold then served over ice. Cold Immersion is lower in…
Below is a direct link to the office of environmental health’s update from 2019. Back in June 2019, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) adopted a new regulation § 25704. Exposures to Listed Chemicals in Coffee Posing No…
Putla, Mexico is a small village fairly remote region outside Oaxaca. The coop has purchased some chickens and goats for additional food security projects and are making upgrades to the cupping lab with some of the Free Trade premiums. We…
Check out this video! Learn how water is critical to brewing the perfect cup of coffee.
We had a meeting and a good discussion with Geoffrey of Killicaffe, Kilimanjaro Coffee, about getting a small lot from a co-op mill in the north of Tanzania and a small lot from a co-op in the south. The tastes…
Taking a group picture after the cooperative Llano Bonito meeting where we shared stories of the socio-environmental growth and the upcoming harvest which is set to begin November. Our first tastes are scheduled for May 2013 with the actual ship…