Last year we lost a very special team member, Maya Gray — team San Diego's golden mascot of happiness and official Very Good Girl. After 11 years of greeting guests with cozy knee-high hugs, bringing undeniable elegance to the office, with her matching bandanas and bows, and spear-heading the Potluck read more
Mexico Providence Mills SHG Organic is produced by Providence Mills, a collection of farms and joint mill operation in Chiapas, Mexico. Providence Mills is owned by Mrs. Saida Soraya Henaine who inherited the 80-year-old operation from her father. Saida Soraya Henaine is responsible for successfully converting three family-owned farms (Finca Paraiso, read more
Mexico Finca La Esperanza L2 Anaerobic Washed is grown on a family farm in Zentla, Veracruz, near Huatusco. Finca La Esperanza was founded in 1946 by the newlywed couple Don Antonio Rincón and Doña Luisa García, who initially cultivated coffee and sugar cane, the traditional crops of the region. In 1970, read more
Mexico Tierra de Reinas Natural is produced by Graciela Cuevas Panzzi, a trailblazer in the current generation of coffee production. Graciela, a Doctor of General Medicine, purchased her land only three years ago from a woman eager to sell it during the pandemic. She began learning about coffee farming and read more
Mexico NKG Bloom Yajalon Decaf Mountain Water Process is a limited-edition, fully traceable decaffeinated coffee. This offering was developed by sister company Exportadora de Cafe California (ECC). It is grown in Frontera, Chiapas in the Sierra Madre bordering — and sharing the same microclimate with — the Huehuetenango mountains. Further, read more
Mexico NKG Bloom El Dragon Anaerobic Natural is grown in Villacorzo, Chiapas. An interesting microclimate occurs here, where the edges of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas Mountain range and the Central Depression meet. The land lies in the rain shadow of the mountains, creating a seasonally dry climate with lower read more
Mexico FESICH Fairtrade Organic comes to us from El Federacion de Sociedades Cooperativas Indigenas y Ecologicas de Chiapas, F.C. de R.L. (FESICH). FESICH was founded in October of 2009 and represents 1,890 smallholder producers from the regions of Angel Albino Corzo, Capitán Luis Ángel Vidal, La Concordia, and Montecristo de read more
Mexico Nubes de Oro Fairtrade Organic is grown in the state of Chiapas by members of Union de Productores Agroecologicos de N de O (UPANDO). As is common in many parts of Mexico, especially in the highlands, Chiapas is home to numerous marginalized communities. Coffee farming is the main source of read more
Mexico Unión Ramal Santa Cruz Fairtrade Organic is the work of 488 farmers in Fraylesca, in the Chiapas region of Mexico. Fraylesca is part of the El Triunfo Ecological Reserve. It lies between the flatlands of the Central Depression of Chiapas and the peaks of the Sierra Madre Mountain chain. read more
Mexico FEDECOS Fairtrade Organic comes to us from Soconusco. This region is in the southwest corner of Chiapas along the Guatemalan border. The narrow stretch of land lies between the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Abundant moisture and volcanic soil make the area ideal for coffee read more
