Meet The Growers
To get the best tasting coffee, tea and cocoa, you need to go to the best growers. That’s why we work directly with 38 grower organisations in 13 countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa, who bring pride, passion and plenty of know-how, to what they do. Experts in growing, harvesting and tasting coffee, tea and cocoa, these passionate smallholder growers ensure we always get the pick of the crop, harvest after harvest, so you always get the best tasting cuppa!
Click on the images below to read about the growers we work with in each country.
- Costa Rica
The highland areas of Costa Rica are ideal for growing coffee and this is where you’ll find the 6,200 farmers of the COOCAFÉ Co-operative. Click on the link below for …
- Dominican Republic
We work with over 16,000 cocoa and coffee smallholder growers from two organisations; Conacado and Fedecares in the Dominican Republic. The coffee is mild and soft and the cocoa rich …
- Haiti
Cafédirect works with 6,500 coffee smallholder growers at the Recocarno co-operative in Haiti. The coffee beans are well adapted to the Haitian climate and soils and they thrive at higher …
- Nicaragua
Cafédirect works with nearly 5,000 farmers from two co-operatives in Nicaragua: PRODECOOP and Cecocafen. Nicaraguan coffee is renowned for its individual flavoured coffee because of the very high altitudes and …
- Mexico
Coffee was first planted in Mexico in the late 1700s and since then farmers have continued to develop their techniques with organic farming becoming increasingly popular. We work with 6,000 …
- Peru
We work with nearly 25,000 smallholder growers from an amazing nine grower organisations in Peru. You can taste the chocolaty flavours from Peruvian coffees in several of our products, including …
- Kenya
We work with three smallholder tea grower organisations in Kenya: Michimikuru, Kiegoi and OEP. The expert growers of these organisations handpick the tea leaves carefully, only choosing two leaves and …
- Tanzania
In Tanzania we work with coffee and tea farmers located all around the country, from the fertile volcanic soils on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the moist soils of …
- Uganda
In Uganda we work with tea and coffee smallholder growers from six organisations. The fertile soil, tropical weather and high altitude all contributes to the great tasting tea and coffee …
- São Tomé
São Tomé, also known as Chocolate Island, is steeped in cocoa farming history and renowned for its high quality cocoa bean – the criollo bean. Cafédirect, in partnership with the …
- Cameroon
Cafediréct works with one smallholder coffee organisation in Cameroon called Macefcoop located in Mamfe.…
- Rwanda
The lush green mountains of Rwanda are the perfect place to grow coffee. Click on the link below to find out more about our coffee partner Misozi in Rwanda.…
- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a long tradition of tea cultivation; it is renowned for its high quality tea and is the world’s third biggest tea producing country. We work with 464 …