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Landslides and coffee: our first Producer Conference of 2012

Posted by Cafédirect, March 7th, 2012, Comments (0)

Each year Cafédirect holds producer partner update meetings in three corners of the globe: Latin America, Central America and Africa. They are always a great opportunity for those of us based in London to meet with representatives from of each of the cooperatives and really understand what’s going on with … Read more

‘Denomination of Origin’ for Machu Picchu 100 years after rediscovery!

Posted by Paul, July 25th, 2011, Comments (0)

Machu Picchu 100 - Huadquina Origin Denomination

This July marks the 100th anniversary of rediscovery Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders, by the American explorer Hiram Bingham. A century after this historic finding, Machu Picchu has become one of most iconic destinations on the planet. We’ve experienced your appetite to visit this amazing place through the … Read more

Peru in pictures…

Posted by Paul, May 7th, 2011, Comments (1)

I just finished my visit to Peru meeting some of our coffee partners. It was a fantastic experience full of colours and flavours, but most importantly full of human warmth. I’ll share more news from my trip over the coming weeks, starting today with some of my favourite pictures. After … Read more

CECOVASA, Peru, experts in quality coffee…

Posted by Paul, March 2nd, 2011, Comments (0)

I’m back at Cafédirect London offices fresh from a visit to our Peruvian coffee partners. While in Peru I spent a lot of time with CECOVASA, who are experts in producing excellent quality coffee, and whose coffee goes into our Medium and Rich blends. CECOVASA are also known for producing … Read more

Welcome to Choco!

Posted by Whitney, February 1st, 2011, Comments (0)

This week I visited the reforestation project that Cafédirect is supporting high up in the Sierra de Piura in Peru, near the village of Choco. Having worked with the project for over a year, and only met the partners on the ground via email or phone, it was amazing to … Read more

Cafédirect…. Nosotros somos los productores…(We are the Growers)… from Peru

Posted by Paul, February 1st, 2011, Comments (0)

I’m in Peru with members of the Cafédirect UK team to meet some of our coffee partners and visit their farms. Last week we had our annual business update meeting with Peruvian coffee partners. Representatives came from nine coffee co-operatives located all around Peru, from the south Andes near Titicaca … Read more

Report from deepest darkest …

Posted by Whitney, January 25th, 2011, Comments (1)

Greetings from Peruvian summertime! I’m here in Lima with some of my colleagues to host a meeting over the next two days with all of our Peruvian coffee partners. During this valuable time together, we’ll share with them the latest update on the UK coffee market and they’ll share with … Read more

Update from the 2010 Central American Hurricane Season

Posted by Whitney, October 7th, 2010, Comments (1)

You may have heard about the ongoing severe weather in Central America over recent weeks. We’ve just had an update from Paul, who has been to visit some of our Latin American coffee partners recently. He reports that the region had expected a slight upswing in coffee production this … Read more

AdapCC and the MDGs

Posted by Whitney, September 22nd, 2010, Comments (1)

Sound like a funky band name? Lots of acronyms, I know, but they add up to come very exciting news for us. AdapCC? I’m a broken record when it comes to talking about this pioneering collaboration with four of our producer partners and GTZ to support small farmers to adapt … Read more

Update from Cocla, Peru

Posted by Cafédirect, February 5th, 2010, Comments (2)

As you may have heard, the Cusco region of Peru has been very seriously affected by heavy rains which have caused severe flooding. We have been in touch with our grower partner in the area, a co-operative called COCLA (whose coffee goes into the Machu Picchu range), to find out … Read more

Update from Peru

Posted by Siobhan, February 1st, 2010, Comments (2)

Some of you maybe have seen the news headlines about landslides in the Cusco area of Peru recently. We work with farmers in the local area and we’re currently getting in touch with them to get an update from the ground. We will post any news when we receive it.… Read more

Coffee cupping at Cocla!

Posted by Cafédirect, January 20th, 2010, Comments (2)

Today we are at Cocla, an important partner of Cafédirect’s, whose coffee goes into our Machu Picchu range (as well as others). Machu Picchu coffee is grown around the ancient Machu Picchu site. On Monday I walked to one of the farms where this coffee is grown. The farm … Read more

We are the Growers……in Peru

Posted by Cafédirect, January 19th, 2010, Comments (1)

Today we have an update from Kevin Hogan, Cafédirect’s Technical Manager, who ensures that we preserve the excellent quality and flavour of the growers’ coffee, tea and cocoa when they reach Cafédirect UK. “Our first day in Peru was also my first visit to Cafédirect’s grower partners…. First stop was … Read more

A Taste of Christmas from around the world!

Posted by Alex, December 24th, 2009, Comments (0)

While you are sitting down to the traditional roast dinner tomorrow, we thought we’d share with you some of the festive traditions from around the world – Cafédirect now works with 40 producer organisations in 14 different countries – so how different are their experiences at Christmas? Marjorye is involved … Read more

NEW! Machu Picchu freeze dried coffee

Posted by Siobhan, August 12th, 2009, Comments (0)

I could tell you that our new Machu Picchu freeze dried coffee is smooth with hints of nutty dark chocolate, 100% Arabica beans, handpicked in the Peruvian Andes, but to get the full story, you need to hear it from the experts, plus you might have some questions of your … Read more

Raul answers your questions about Machu Picchu coffee

Posted by Cafédirect, August 4th, 2009, Comments (2)

If you had the chance to ask a coffee grower a question about their life and their work, what would you ask? Nearly fifty Friends of Cafédirect sent in questions for Raul del Aguila, General Manager of Cocla in Peru, about our brand new Machu Picchu freeze dried coffee which … Read more

The word is out…

Posted by Cafédirect, July 7th, 2009, Comments (0)

We’ve had lots of emails from growers in the 13 countries that we work with about winning the Ethical Business Award. If you’re curious to know what all the exitement is about, take a look at the film that the Triodos Bank made about our CEO Anne MacCaig, and … Read more

Latest news from Peru

Posted by Cafédirect, June 23rd, 2009, Comments (0)

Since our update on the indigenous protests in Northern Peru – there have protests here in London as well as continued protesting and strikes in support of indigenous rights so I thought I’d share the latest news from our coffee partners with you. Marjorye Mejia (Cafedirect’s Producer Communications Assistant for … Read more

Notes from the field: Peruvian protests and your cup of coffee

Posted by Siobhan, June 15th, 2009, Comments (0)

You may have been reading the news headlines about the indigenous protests in Northern Peru over the past few weeks. We have four coffee partners in that region: CAC Bagua Grande, CAC La Prosperidad de Chirinos, APROCASSI, and CAC Frontera de San Ignacio. For any of … Read more

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