We serve coffees and teas with a cause. Because we want to make the world a better place in many different ways we have decided to partner with Larry’s Beans. Larry’s Beans is a coffee roasting company with a mission. They understand that Over 70% of the world’s coffee comes from small family farmers who don’t have trucks to transport their crop and or access to info about its market value. Plus, there’s been a huge oversupply of low grade, environmentally unfriendly coffee on the market which has caused ALL prices to drop. Even farmers who produce superior coffee get pressured to sell for prices that make it a struggle just to break even. And meanwhile the giant coffee companies that keep driving the prices down rarely if ever lower their prices for the consumer. That’s why we have decided to partner with them and go “fair trade.”

When we buy Larry’s Beans and go fair trade it means…

• We pay the international Fair Trade price or higher for all our coffees.
• We purchase coffee only from producers who are on the FLO registrar, or are waiting for application approval, or who fit the international guidelines for Fair Trade transparency.
• We (meaning our partner in Larry’s Beans) visit farmers annually.
• We always give farmers repeat business.
• Every fair trade labeling claim Larry’s Beans make is audited by Quality Certification Services (QCS).