Producer/Curator:

Athos Scalco Caixeta

Coopama is a farmer-owned cooperative located in the Sul de Minas region of Brazil, established to build long-term sourcing relationships that pursue both consistency and discovery. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Machado, Minas Gerais, the cooperative brings together 3,600 member farmers, 60% of whom are small-scale family producers. What sets Coopama apart from typical Brazilian volume suppliers is its commitment to full lot traceability. While it is standard practice for most cooperatives to blend lots after classification, Coopama manages every lot individually, tracking unique lot numbers and bag counts down to the SACA level. In terms of quality and innovation, Coopama has clearly prioritized specialty coffee in recent years. In addition to its reliable washed and natural Sul de Minas profiles, the cooperative has developed a dedicated fermentation program with 13 participating producers. These lots rival the clean cup and complexity of high-altitude washed coffees from Bahia or Espírito Santo. Coopama’s vertically integrated model covers collection, warehousing, logistics, processing, and grading, as well as technical assistance for cultivation and post-harvest, ensuring end-to-end accountability across the supply chain. This infrastructure enables the delivery of consistent quality at scale without sacrificing the traceability that specialty coffee buyers demand. Furthermore, the cooperative actively invests in its producing community through initiatives such as the “Café em Flores” women’s empowerment program, regional SDG partnerships focused on health, energy, recycling, and public safety, and ongoing technical guidance for member farms.

Producer/Curator:

Biniyam Aklilu

Gujoo Trading owns three washing stations and four natural processing stations in Ethiopia's Guji region, exporting coffee from 1,300 local farmers to the global market. Founded in 2018 by Biniyam Aklilu, who comes...Read More

Producer/Curator:

Alexandros Mitri

Cima Café captures the range of Honduras, from Cup of Excellence–winning producers like Fabio Caballero Jr. to up-and-coming farmers representing the next generation and bringing attention to overlooked regions. Our sourcing team had the opportunity to visit Cima’s lab in Marcala, where producers gather to cup each other’s coffees, exchange insights on processing methods, and challenge one another in the pursuit of excellence. Cima works across six regions of Honduras, seeking out producers who uphold the highest standards of quality and sustainability.Read More

Producer/Curator:

Jesus Galguera Gomez

It was the biologist Charles Darwin who left us with the idea that “it is not the strongest who survive, nor the most intelligent, but those most adaptable to change.” In business, too, the ability to continuously adapt to shifting times and environments is indispensable. Long-established companies have endured to this day not simply by preserving tradition, but by refining and reinventing it, again and again...Read More

Producer/Curator:

Cristian Camilo Molina Galíndez

Based in Colombia's Huila region, Cadefihuila is a coffee producer cooperative founded in 1963. With one of the longest histories and largest memberships in the country…Read More