International Women's Day 2019

About our Women's Coffee program

This International Women's Day, we're celebrating our women producer partners by featuring their coffees. Below, you'll find fantastic women-grown coffees from Peru, Colombia, and Rwanda, the latter of which were produced by cooperatives in the Sustainable Growers women's coffee program. These coffees were produced exclusively by professional women who grow and supply high-quality, specialty coffee for trade.

Purchasing women-grown coffees is one of the most impactful ways you can promote gender equity in the coffee supply chain. Women carry out much of the labor in the coffee, from tending to the farm to processing and sorting, yet receive little compensation for their contribution and direct impact on the quality of the end product. By voting with your dollars, you're helping to lift up entrepreneurial women farmers who are pioneering new standards of cup quality, value-sharing, and business success in coffee-producing organizations.

Learn more about our work with women in coffee and further actions you can take to support gender equity, including forward booking women-grown coffees, here.

Women-Grown Spot Coffees

Mayogi, Rwanda

Through relentless dedication to excellence, Mayogi have become coffee superstars in Rwanda: In 2018, they placed second in the Rwanda Cup of Excellence with a score of 90.06. Request a sample of their exquisitely flavored mandarin-peach coffee and we're sure you'll understand why! Their 381 members, 283 of whom are women, have been recognized for their hard work with a Presidential Award and were recognized by cuppers as a top quality producer at Let's Talk Coffee 2018 during a cupping of exceptional offerings from around the world.

Dukunde Kawa, Rwanda

In the cool mountain air and verdant slopes of northern Rwanda’s Gakenke district, the farmers from the Dukunde Kawa Musasa cooperative harvest their ripest coffee cherries. With high peaks (6,600-foot elevation) and two annual periods of rainfall, this area possesses a unique micro-climate that creates a wonderfully complex, distinct terroir that results in unforgettable coffee. 80% of Dukunde Kawa's members are women, and in addition to producing coffee they have established a sewing association and implemented a program to produce and export traditional Rwandan baskets, broadening the co-op’s trade skills.

Nyampinga, Rwanda

Nyampinga, which translates to "beautiful Women, both inside and out," is a women's coffee cooperative in the Nyaruguru district of Southern Rwanda. Nyampinga was one of the first cooperatives to enroll in Sustainable Growers' training program in agronomic best practices, market access initiatives, and quality control. The result of the farmer's hard work and enhanced knowledge of coffee production has been a resounding improvement in cup quality. Nyampinga coffees are among finest available in all of Rwanda.

Gashonga, Rwanda

Through perseverance, hard work, and an enterprising spirit, Gashonga producers have produced internationally recognized coffee, earning themselves a seventh place finish in the 2015 Rwanda Cup of Excellence with a cup score of 86.7. Their journey toward this momentous achievemnet has not been without challenges, but since the cooperative capitalized on trainings from Sustainable Growers and focused on improving quality, the cooperative has enjoyed continued success. With the increased profits their receiving for their coffee, Gashonga has invested in initiatives such as education for its members and agronomical measures to strengthen its coffee plants. They have also been able to acquire animals such as cows and goats, with which they have been able to make their own organic leaf mulch and fertilizer. Additionally, Gashonga’s members have been able to acquire health insurance, improving their security and safety.

Mujer Risaralda, Colombia

This coffee comes from 67 Cooperativa de Risaralda farmers in the Quincha, Mistrato, Pereira, Belén, Santa Rosa, La Celia, and Apía municipalities in Risaralda, Colombia. These women farmers are recognized by Cooperativa de Risaralda for their exceptional-quality coffee, which is segmented into this special lot. Cooperativa de Risaralda's recognition of the Mujeres de Risaralda represents an important shift in women's role in coffee in the region, which like so many parts of the coffee-producing world has been male-dominated for many years.

About Sustainable Growers

Since 2013, Sustainable Growers has worked in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to help women and their families become professional suppliers of specialty coffee. On the farm, they support agricultural training to women-led cooperatives. Beyond the farm, they teach home roasting, cupping, barista and business skills. Once the coffee cooperatives in their program deliver gourmet coffee at high volumes, they help bring it to consumers.

Learn more at www.sustainablegrowers.org.

International Women's Day 2019

Balance for better with women-grown coffees

About our Women's Coffee program

Women-Grown Spot Coffees

Union y Fe, Peru

Sumac Warmi

Fair Trade, Organic

Washed

36 bag(s) (60 kg) - Annex SLO

4 bag(s) (60 kg) - Costa Oro

ID# SH8400

Jump to the sample request form

Mayogi, Rwanda

Women's Coffee

Washed

292 bag(s) (60 kg)

Annex SLO

ID# SH7878

Jump to the sample request form

Dukunde Kawa, Rwanda

Women's Lot

Fair Trade

Washed

235 bag(s) (60 kg)

Continental NJ

ID# SH7890

Jump to the sample request form

Nyampinga, Rwanda

Women's Coffee Lot 1

Washed

288 bag(s) (60 kg)

Continental NJ

ID# SH7876

Women's Coffee Lot 2

Washed

119 bag(s) (60 kg)

Annex SLO

ID# SH7877

Jump to the sample request form

Gashonga, Rwanda

Women's Coffee

Fair Trade

Washed

222 bag(s) (60 kg) - Annex SLO

ID# SH7879

Jump to the sample request form

Mujeres Cafeteras, Colombia

Women's Coffee

Fair Trade

Washed

27 bag(s) (70 kg) - Annex SLO

ID# SH8015

Jump to the sample request form

Mujer Risaralda, Colombia

Decaf Women's Coffee

Washed, Decaf

8 bag(s) (60 kg) - Costa Oro

ID# SH7457

Jump to the sample request form

Sample Request Form