Amuliba Estate was planted in the mid 1950s by Norm Plant, a respected Australian expatriate who also planted the first trees on the Sigri Plantation, which borders Amuliba, and pioneered the use of the Aqua Pulper (a de-pulping machine) in the Western Highlands in the 1950s. In March 1978, Amuliba read more
Timuza is produced by a group of certified farmers within the Timuza/Namura cooperative, with New Guinea Highlands Coffee Exports (NGHCE), InterAmerican’s sister company in Papua New Guinea. The group consists of 207 coffee families, who together farm 274 hectares. The soil is loamy and rich with volcanic ash, the weather read more
Approximately 3,000 farming families are part of the Central Fronteriza del Norte de Cafetaleros (CENFROCAFE), a cooperative that offers members access to training, financing and agronomy advice aimed at increasing yields and quality—with the aim of increasing producers’ earnings. The cooperative also gives each member extraordinarily more power and market read more
In 2016, six small coffee groups came together to form the Federación de Sociedades Cooperativas Cafetaleras de la Sierra Madre FC de RL (FEDESI). Their hope in coming together was to improve their access to new markets for production, financing and government support. The producers are from Escuintla, Huixtla, Motozintla read more
Producer organization Café Prevenir was founded in 2002, with the goal of marketing specialty coffee at the local level. It has 44 producer members who organically farm 208 hectares in Motozintla and Siltepec, in the highlands of Chiapas, near the southern border of Mexico and Guatemala. Coffees are wet processed read more
The Baragwi Farmers Co-operative Society Limited was officially registered on Oct 26, 1953, with the aims to promote the social and economic interests of its members; arrange for coffee processing, grading, packing, transporting and marketing for its members, at the best prices; and “any other activity deemed necessary” for the read more
In Ethiopia, the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (OCFCU) is a farmer-owned cooperative with members from across the Oromia Regional State, which accounts for 65 percent of the country’s total coffee-growing land. The OCFCU was established in 1999, with 34 small cooperative as members, to facilitate the direct export of read more
Our Sumatra Organic comes from Mahara, an exciting, young cooperative in Gayo that InterAmerican Senior Vice President Kayd Whalen had the pleasure of visiting in early 2019, just as our coffees were being packed for shipment. Formed in 2015, Mahara has 460 organic-certified members spread across five villages and two read more
In Western Honduras, the Agricultural Cooperative Cafetalera San Antonio Limited (COAGRICSAL) is an organization of coffee, cocoa and pepper producers that was formed in 1998 with 32 members. The group has since grown to more than 1,500 member families and continues to grow each year. COAGRICSAL is committed to social read more
Ayabas is a fully traceable version of Brazil Oberon, our customer-favorite regional blend from Brazil's Cerrado region. Like Oberon, Ayabas was created around a flavor profile: a light, citric acidity, full, creamy body and sweet flavors of chocolate, caramel and nuts. But uniquely, Ayabas is fully traceable through Federação dos read more
