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Shopping for the holidays can be a hassle, we know, especially when there are so many options to choose from. That’s why we’re here to simplify your holiday shopping experience with a quick guide for selecting just the perfect gift for your friends and family this holiday season. For the...

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If we want to keep drinking delicious specialty coffee, we need to be willing to pay for it, and every link of the supply chain has to be profitable. Otherwise, the coffee we know and love could disappear.

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Not only is dry-processed coffee an environmentally-friendly choice, it's a delicious one as well. 

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As a coffee roasting business who is directly invested in our cooperatively-owned importer, Higher Grounds aims to support our farming partners every step of the way. So when the farmers of Manos Campesinas in Guatemala invited Cooperative Coffees’ roasters to come taste and evaluate the results of some experimental planting they did three years ago, we couldn’t resist the opportunity.

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For years, since their coffee sector was basically decimated by war, Congolese farmers, including those who are now members of the Kawa Kanzururu cooperative, were forced to smuggle their coffee across borders to find buyers. They’ve had no support from the international buying community, and their productivity and infrastructure suffered. But now, the door is open for development and a better future for these communities. 

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